Besides burning the form of cigarettes, snuff is also known by other means, including chewing betel leaves (nginang). Although not smoke, nginang proved to have the same health risks of smoking.
The tradition of chewing snuff is widely known in various regions of Indonesia and around the world. One of them, and surrounding Central Java, which is popular among nyusur nginang or term.
When nginang, the snuff is not used alone but other substances. These include deposits of limestone (Java njet), areca nut, Gambier leaves, betel leaf and not forgotten.
Company believes, can benefit from this tradition of oral health. Although little research on these allegations, most penginang in fact have a healthy mouth and teeth are strong, but a bit yellow.
This assumption may be true, as the Gambier and a mixture of betel leaves is known as an antiseptic. The phytochemical content can inhibit the growth of germs cause toothaches and bad breath.
In addition nginang also use a mixture of limestone deposits. The precipitate that formed the paste contains calcium, which is supposed to have benefits for healthy teeth and bones.
So far, the benefits are not nginang indisputable. But there is another element that should be controversial, namely the snuff. If snuff is considered as dangerous as cigarettes, if the same applies nginang?
As mentioned ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Monday (5/31/2010) A study was conducted by the National Board of Health and Welfare (1997) to see. It was found that snuff smokeless (snuff products other than cigarettes), including nginang, met the same health risks of smoking, although slightly lower.
Risk of heart disease and blood vessels in the smokeless snuff has increased at twice the consumption of snuff when it is not. While on cigarettes, the risk menginkat triple table.
In addition, smokeless snuff can increase blood pressure, increasing the risk of hypertension. The same happens on a cigarette.
Because of its negative impact is less in this case we can say cigarettes nginang insurance. Furthermore, the effect is only known by the individual, unlike cigarette smokers who know the current liabilities.
If the negative side effects of health nginang been found, the negative impact of the environment actually exists.
A component is nginang areca nut, which contains the alkaloid called arecoline. This compound gives a unique color in the saliva when nginang, ie red.
Bad habits in the people spitting in disarray. With the saliva of those colors, of course, that the habit staining like red spots all over.
In fact, people in Indonesia, including Java has a special container for spitting, a drum called the spittoon. Environmental problems can be solved if everyone only nginang this type of container.
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