Exposition

Good morning to Mr. Sooknanaan and my fellow classmates. The topic that I have chosen
to present is to show the link between harmful chemicals in foods today and the increasing rate of
cancer in Trinidad and Tobago. The purpose of this research is to bring awareness to the people of
Trinidad and Tobago by showing them that their diet has great effects on their health. Hence, they
should practice good eating habits in order to maintain good health, as the saying goes ‘We are
what we eat’.
Cancer is a disease that is caused by uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in the body.
The disease is caused by a genetic mutation that is a result of chemicals entering into the body and
exposure to high levels of radiation. Cancer cells survive in the body by sending pheromones to
near blood vessels to send new extensions that provides the cancer cells with nutrients and oxygen
to survive.
Bad dieting does not only cause cancer, there are also vast amounts of diseases and effects
on the body that is caused by bad dieting. Some of the commonly known diseases are:
 Coronary Heart Disease- This is the formation of plaque in the arteries. The plaque build-
up is caused by high levels of fats, sugar and cholesterol in the blood.

 Type 2 Diabetes - often referred to as ‘high blood sugar’ in Trinidad and Tobago, is
caused by high blood sugar. This develops when the body resists insulin or doesn’t make
enough of it.

 Obesity- Binging of junk food, which causes a rise in sugar in the body. The body stores
these fats over time to the point where the person is extremely overweight (BMI is over
30).

 Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) – is when the pressure of blood circulating through
your body is higher than it should be.
 Information retrieved from multiple cancer sources online shows that food i.e. Natural
Medicine is the key for curing cancer. The researcher has investigated both Orthodox medicine
and Natural medicine. Orthodox medicine is the use of drugs, surgery or radiation to treat diseases.
This method is the #1 method consistently being researched for cancer as scientist believe that

there is no scientific evidence that the macrobiotic diet treats or cures cancer. So why don’t they
get some scientific evidence? Why don’t they research the method to see if it actually works?
Well… the reason they don’t research this method is because there is no profit that can come
from this, after all foods cannot be patented. This means that the cure for cancer would be free.
The Cancer Research UK made an income £647m last year. So again why not try Natural
medicine? The methods used to treat cancer by scientist include chemotherapy which is the use of
chemical substances to kill the cancers, radiation which is the use of rays and surgery which is
where they physically remove or cut parts of the body that contains the cancer cells. These methods
however have great side effects, chemotherapy & radiation is known for its side effects such as it
kills good cells as well as the bad whilst surgery often cause aggressive cancers to spread to other
organs.
Chemicals in foods are highly dangerous to persons that consume it due to the leading
causes mentioned before, we are unknowingly causing severe damage to our bodies. There are
thousands of dangerous chemicals that are either used to speed up production processes or
preserve the foods.
Some of these chemicals are:
 brominated vegetable oil- this is used in flavoured soda/soft drinks. It is also used in
creating flame retardants in furniture and plastics

 colouring agents (artificial dyes) -such as yellow 5 and blue 1 are used in everyday
products such as toothpaste, snacks, energy drinks, etc. these artificials dyes are very
harmful to the body since most of these things contain toxins such as; arsenic, copper,
mercury.