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Is Eating Betel Nut Bad for You? Understanding the Health Risks

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The World Health Organization has classified areca nut, the key ingredient in betel nut preparations, as a Group 1 human carcinogen, meaning it is definitively cancer-causing to humans. This hard fact shatters any notion of its safety and directly answers the question: Is eating betel nut bad for you?