According to Paul Bosland, director of the Chile Pepper Institute and responsible for finding the world`s hottest chilli pepper the Bhut Jolokia, chilli peppers can lead to death but most people`s bodies falter long before they reach that point.
Live Science quoted him as mentioning,
“Theoretically, one could eat enough really hot chillies to kill you.”
He further mentioned that,
“A research study in 1980 calculated that three pounds of extreme chillies in powder form of something like the Bhut Jolokia eaten all at once could kill a 150-pound person. However, one`s body would react sooner and not allow it to happen. One would have to eat it all in one sitting.”
Chilli peppers triggers sympathetic nervous system, which assists control most of the body`s internal organs, to use more energy, so that the body burns more calories when the same food is consumed with chilli peppers.
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