From South Asia to the Pacific islands, people chew betel nut. When munched by habitual users, the seed of the areca palm ...

If you chew betel nuts (also called areca nuts) with slaked lime and betel leaves, you get a mixture that boosts energy, ...

In south-east Asia, betel nut chewing has been practiced since antiquity. The plants contain compounds that enhance the ...

For the first time, archaeologists have used advanced scientific techniques on 4,000-year-old dental plaque to confirm traces ...

Researchers from Chiang Mai University and the California Academy of Sciences have identified chemical traces of betel nut ...

Current and former betel nut beauties say owners give new recruits some basic tips on what to wear and how to act -- let your hand linger when passing off the nuts, wear an oversized bra, smile ...

One of Han's subjects delivers betel nuts to a truck driver. - Constanze Han As such, Han’s photos document an aspect of Taiwanese life that may eventually cease to exist.

Betel nuts, or areca nuts, have been classified as a human carcinogen, meaning that there’s sufficient evidence that they cause cancer, says Yvette Paulino, associate professor at the University ...

Betel nuts are harvested from Areca palm trees and can be consumed dry or fresh. They are also sometimes wrapped up in betel leaves along with cardamom, cinnamon or flavourings containing tobacco.

The large, ripe betel nuts were being sold by farmers for Tk 600-800 per "kuri" (a collection of 231 pieces of betel nuts), while smaller ones were priced at Tk 500-550 per "kuri." "On Monday and ...