The antioxidant values of foods listed are expressed in ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) units, a unit of measurement for antioxidant content which was originally developed by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The higher the ORAC number, the MORE ANTI AGING it is.
High ORAC numbers dissipate Free Radical Damage.
Sourced from Cleveland Clinic:
“Free radicals are missing an electron from their outer shell. That makes them unstable, so they go and steal an electron from the molecules in your skin cells, or from your blood cells or from wherever they can. That causes damage to surrounding cells,”
High ORAC substances such as Essential Oils will help eradicate Free Radicals.
