Broccoli Shown to Fight Cancer

Broccoli Shown to Fight Cancer-causingBacterium
Prepared Foods Magazine
June 4, 2002

A potent compound found in broccoli destroys the bacterium that causes ulcersand stomach cancers, new research reports. The compound, called sulforaphane,killed Helicobacter pylori, a tough, antibiotic-resistant bacterium that isresponsible for thousands of cases of ulcers and stomach cancer worldwide.