Broccoli's Taste Has an Upside

The saying goes that if it tastes terrible, it's got to be good for you. That, scientists say, is quite true in the case of that very unpopular vegetable, broccoli.

Experts at Britain's Institute of Food Research claim it's the taste of the vegetable itself that gives broccoli some properties that seem to be effective in dealing with cancer. The flavor is created by the vegetable's anti-carcinogenic compounds.

The researchers found that juiced broccoli when added to cancer cells reduced their survival by a whopping 95 per cent.

The Cancer Research Campaign says the institute's work supports its own findings. Whether it makes broccoli any more popular with two of its more prominent critics, George Bush and Bill Clinton, is perhaps something else again.