A man has earned the nickname "Chilli King" for chomping¹ down an eye-watering 2.5 kilos of chillies A DAY.

一男子因每天都吞下5斤的辣椒而获得“辣椒王”的外号。

Li Yongzhi has become a local hero for his amazing addiction² to the red-hot peppers. He loves them so much he grows eight different varieties in his own back yard in Zhengzhou, China. His strange habit formed when he was a youngster when he says he could go without meat or eggs but could not do without spiciness³.

李永志因其对红辣椒的疯狂嗜好而在当地出了名。他狂爱辣椒，甚至在郑州自家后院种了八种不同的辣椒种类。他这个奇怪的癖好在小的时候就已经形成了，他称自己吃饭可以没有荤腥，但绝对不能没有辣。

"In the morning, other people always brush their teeth, but the first thing I do is eat chili⁴ and rinse⁵ my mouth with that," reports Shanghaiist."If the food has no spiciness then it has no taste."

李告诉上海记者：“别人早上都是先刷牙，而我早上做的第一件事就是吃辣椒漱漱口。如果吃的东西不辣的话就没有味道了，无辣不欢。”

He eats his daily quota⁶ like snacks throughout the day. At one point it was all he ate.

他每天吃辣椒跟吃零食一样。从某种意义上看，这就是他吃的所有的东西。

And he says his strange eating habits are not down to having any super human powers."I just like to eat them, so I eat them."The hospital checked and they said that I am no different from anyone else."

而且他还称自己这个奇怪的饮食习惯并不是因为任何的特异功能。“我只是喜欢吃就吃而已。医院检查过说我跟常人没什么两样。”