Antioxidants can protect you from cellular damage caused by free radicals created when your exposed to pollution, radiation, cigarette smoke and herbicides, just to name a few. The O.R.A.C. (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) score, when available, is used to describe the antioxidant potency of a particular food or supplement.
Here’s how it works
Cells are composed of molecules, molecules consist of atoms, atoms consist of a nucleus, neutrons, protons and electrons. The positively charged protons are paired with the negatively charged electrons and it’s the electrons that are needed to bond atoms together to form molecules.