Wearing your food

From Baltimore, at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research

Broccoli, no doubt, is a healthful food. But for those who don’t like its flavor, there may be another way to reap the vegetable’s benefits. Researchers have determined that when sulforaphane, a compound found in broccoli, is applied to the skin of cancer-prone mice after sun exposure, they develop fewer skin tumors then they otherwise would.