In numerous communities across South and Southeast Asia, areca nut chewing is often regarded as a benign tradition. Yet, this seemingly innocuous habit harbors a grave danger: it significantly ...

I’ve been writing about food for quite awhile now, about eight years. And I’ve been eating food for more than six times that long. So it’s a surprise when I come across a food topic that I have never ...

Betel nut is chewed by roughly 600 million people worldwide, making it one of the most widely used psychoactive substances [… ...