What Are Antioxidants and why are they important?
"Antioxidant" is a classification of organic substances, including omega 3 fatty acids from marine and plant based sources, vitamins E and A (which are converted from beta-carotene), vitamin C, selenium (a mineral), and a group of compunds called carotenoids. Carotenoids, of which beta- carotene is the most popular, is a pigment that makes fruits and vegetables colorful.
Antioxidants assist the body in neutralizing free radicals (rouge electrons produced from various chemical reactions in the body) which steal electrons from healthy cells in the body and subsequently cause cellular damage, and are one of the reasons our cells breakdown and die. Antioxidants are essential to a long and health life and are natures answer to fight free radicals.