What is a ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) ?
The ORAC Scale on antioxidant capacity
USDA researchers at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, have developed a new laboratory test to measure the oxygen radical absorption capacity of different foods and natural substances. Known as the ORAC scale, it is one of the most sensitive and reliable methods for measuring antioxidant capacity.
The first test of its kind, the ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) scale measures both the time and degree of free-radical inhibition.
What are Antioxidants?
Antioxidants are substances or nutrients in our food which can prevent or slow the oxidative damage to our body. Phytonutrients act as antioxidants which help form the body's defense against free radical damage to cells. Antioxidants act as free radical scavengers and prevent and repair damage done by the free radicals
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