ORAC stands for “Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity”, a USDA recommended standard for measuring antioxidant capacity.
It is a scale that measures the amount of free oxygen radicals in your body that a food or supplement can absorb. Free oxygen radicals are formed in our body from normal daily living. These free radicals bounce around our body beating up on our cell structure and organs.
Researchers have also discovered that consumption of foods with a high ORAC score help protect against premature aging and age-related memory loss.
ORAC measurement tell us how a certain food helps our body fight free-radical damage. The higher the ORAC score, the more the food will help us.
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