A 4,000-year-old smile just revealed the earliest molecular evidence of betel nut chewing, giving clues into ancient ...

Betel nut can be chewed on its own, but I decided to chew it the way my mom does — with lime powder and pupulu leaves. The potency of the chew is known after the first bite.

Chewing momma includes ingredients such as betel nut, betel leaf or areca, a white powder made by burning edible shells. Some add dried tobacco leaves.

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

​​The earliest direct evidence of betel nut chewing in Southeast Asia has been uncovered, dating back 4,000 years to the ...

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

“We have people that’s been chewing all their lives that are 80 or 90 years old who never have cancer, but then you have someone who’s been chewing for five or 10 years and they develop cancer.

Betel nut can be chewed on its own, but I decided to chew it the way my mom does — with lime powder and pupulu leaves. The potency of the chew is known after the first bite.