Health and Fitness

Antioxidants are substances and/or nutrients that can prevent or correct cellular damage from oxidative processes collectively called free radicals. In chemistry free radicals are atoms that have unpaired electrons on an open shell configuration and are capable of independent existence.

Basically, free radicals are unstable molecules that steal electrons from neighboring molecules to stabilize themselves.
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Antioxidants or Phytochemicals are those hidden substances in fruit and vegetables that make them good for you. They are part of the plants arsenal for defense. Plants produce these substances to defend themselves against viruses’ fungi and bacteria.

Near 1000 different phytochemicals have been found to date and with many more still to be discovered.
The term [...]