Charcoal is usually used for cooking or heating purposes, its another use is put in the refridgerator to reduce the odd odors. So you most probably will be stunned when told that a 78-year-old woman named Zheng Rong-shi (郑荣诗) takes the charcoal as “food”.
Grandma Zheng started to eat the charcoal since 30 years ago. At first, she just wants to use this weird way to reduce the grievance she suffered after the husband's death, which later urned out to be her addiction. Even though she eats the charcoal such a long time, it seems that her health is no any problem except that she broke her arm last year. According to herself, the best time to eat the char is when the char is still hot while emitting aroma. At that time she can consume the char a lot.
Grandma Zheng is from the Dongshan Township of Guangdong Province's Zhanjian City, where another 95-year-old grandma sunamed Zhao becomes a celebrity when the news that she grows a 12-cm-long horn on her forehead was reported recently.
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