thenotoro,
I suspect that you are asking this Question because you have an idea
that such products might not be safe. You are very wise for checking
first, before using them. The substances in these products can
certainly be harmful to both you and your baby.
I STRONGLY encourage you not to partake of these products, certainly
NOT while you are pregnant, and NOT while you are nursing an infant.
In most cases, these products contain at the very least tobacco, which
contains nicotine, a substance which has been proven to cause cancer:
From "Facts About ... Is There A Safe Tobacco?" by the American Lung
Association:
"Do all forms of tobacco contain nicotine?
Yes, the nicotine in tobacco is what people become addicted to. While
most smokers know that they are addicted, many do not realize that
nicotine can be just as addictive as heroin or cocaine. And, it causes
more death and disease than all other addictions combined. In its pure
form, nicotine is a strong poison. A small dose of it, injected
directly into the bloodstream, would kill a person within one hour."
http://www.smokehelp.org/html/safe_tobacco.html
Nicotine can be passed from you to your unborn baby through your
bloodstream, and nicotine can also be passed from you to your newborn
infant through your breast milk.
From "Chemical Dependency Education -- Nicotine:"
"Nicotine is especially harmful to pregnant women and the unborn
child. It may contribute to miscarriage, still birth, low weight
birth, and sudden infant death syndrome."
http://www.dcia.com/chem-dep.html
In addition, these products have frequently been found to contain
other harmful substances:
"Sale of supari, gutka goes unchecked despite ban", Business Recorder,
(January 2, 2001):
KARACHI : The Helpline Trust appreciating Sindh Ombudsman for imposing
ban
on manufacturing, marketing, sale and use of betel-nuts (supari) and
its
varied preparations including gutka, has expressed its deep concern
over
non enforcement of the decision announced some time ago...
...samples of leading brands of supari were taken from the local
market and chemically examined in the laboratory. The results
confirmed the presence of
*** morphine, tobacco, saccharine, colouring agents and heroin content
***
in the items. Some samples also developed fungal growth within 46
hours, showing poor hygienic conditions during packaging of these
materials."
http://lists.isb.sdnpk.org/pipermail/health-list/2001-January/000235.html
"To Asians a Spicy Chew, to Doctors a Deadly Habit", By Danielle
Knight, The New York Times (November 10, 2002):
For centuries, South Asians have chewed paan, a sweet mixture of lime
paste, cardamom, fennel, honey, areca nut and, often though not
always, flavored tobacco, all wrapped in a betel leaf.
But that imported habit is beginning to worry health professionals who
see a growing epidemic of oral cancer in India spreading to immigrants
in New York...
Imported packaged versions of dried paan without the betel leaf, known
as paan masala and gutka, are easily found...
Physicians and health professionals are worried. 'We are definitely
concerned about gutka use,' said Sukirti Bagal, director of the
American Cancer Society's Asian Tobacco Initiative. 'It is widely
used, but unlike smoking, it is not considered taboo or addictive.
Many people don't think it is tobacco, because it is mixed with other
spices.'"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sapha/message/2262
I strongly encourage you to find a safer substance to satisfy your
craving for sweets. In the United States, the joke is that two common
items craved by pregnant women are ice cream and dill pickles. I hope
that you can find just the right item -- a SAFE one -- to satisfy your
own cravings.
Search Strategy
supari -movie -film -music -movies
://www.google.com/search?q=supari+-movie+-film+-music+-movies
"red paan" ingredients
://www.google.com/search?q=%22red+paan%22+ingredients
"chewing tobacco" harmful to unborn
://www.google.com/search?q=%22chewing+tobacco%22+harmful+to+unborn
Before Rating my Answer, if you have questions about the above
information, please post a Request for Clarification, and I will be
glad to see what I can do for you.
Best wishes to you and your family!
aceresearcher |
