TED Talks ; 363 Words

The two Ted Talks that I spent my time watching and learning new information from were "Can we eat to starve cancer" by William Li and "The hunt for General Tso" by Jennifer 8. Lee. The first thing that stood out to me about both videos is that the speakers Mr.Li and Ms.Lee are both very educated on the subjects that they are discussing. Ms.Lee told numerous facts that I would have never guessed were true. Who would have ever thought that there are Chinese people who have no idea what "fortune cookies" are? I mean, when I think Chinese food, I think fortune cookies. Another interesting fact that I learned was that Chop Suey was very much more famous in America than China and when translated back, "Chop Suey" means "odds & ends."  Chinese food is still today a very big part of America's culture. There are Chinese buffets in almost every city in America, but as shown in the video, Americans have tweaked Chinese foods to the point that they have become unrecognizable to the Chinese. Everything is life starts to evolve and change over time and just like Ms.Lee's lesson, Mr.Li's taught me that as well. Dr.Lee discusses cancer and the evolution of cancer and cancer stimulators over time. The fact that diet causes thirty to thirty-five percent of environment that causes cancer shocked me. Diet, of all things, causes cancer. Although most people look at what not to eat/drink on a diet to prevent cancer, Dr.Li looks at things that you should eat or drink instead, things that fight cancer cells. Not only are these videos very useful, but also very interesting. When watching these videos you start to realize how uneducated that you are about things that don't seem very important, but really are. How many people really know that what they eat at a "Chinese" resteraunt isn't really Chinese, just Chinese names and really American recipe/food. Who would think that you could prevent cancer through diet or the fact that diet can be deadly and cause cancer? You never really know as much as you think you know.