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(2018·四川宜宾中考改编)What can be both red or green, round or sharp, big or small, and more importantly, loved or hated by someone? Yes, the answer is chilies(辣椒)．
Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies to our food but did you know that this spicy(辣椒的) vegetable could also be dangerous? A 34yearold US man recently ended up in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper, the spiciest chili people have known so far. After taking just a single bite of one, the man suffered from serious headaches in the following days, reported BBC News.
In fact, eating spicy food cause s stomachache and headache. But if chilies are harmful, why do people like to eat this vegetable? So what makes people love chilies so much? The human body is influenced by natural chemicals that produce a sense of happiness, noted BBC News.
And chilies do good to people in another way. Scientists found that the death rate of those
