Remember how your parents always told you to eat broccoli when you were a kid？Maybe you didn't like it,but the green broccoli is r（1） ______ in vitamins and other nutrients that help protect against various kinds of cancers and other diseases.
Now,researchers have found another use of this special vegetable -and this time,it's got nothing to do with the dinner t（2） ______
In an experiment performed by scientists at Johns Hopkins University,a number of volunteers put broccoli juice all over their skin before s（3） ______ an afternoon lying out in the hot sun.The rest of the volunteers coated themselves in traditional sunscreen and came back the next day with a very painful sunburn.The volunteers who'd used broccoli juice,however,were no worse for the wear.
A（4） ______ it turns out,broccoli juice could be the best protection from the sun's rays.Unlike regular sunscreen,it doesn't simply prevent dangerous UV rays from entering the skin.Instead,the broccoli juice works within the body itself,creating enzymes that protect the skin from cancer and UV rays.And unlike sunscreen,it doesn't e（5） ______ wash off with your next shower - the protection lasts as long as three days.
There's one problem with broccoli juice that may keep it from a（6） ______ on the sunscreen shelf at your local drug store any time soon,though；Scientists haven't yet found a way to get rid of its deep green color.But people may be willing to forget that little p（7） ______ - after all,being a little bit green at the beach is still better than turning red,right？