What is Antioxidant and what does it do?

Well, i ate this candy bar and on the box it says antioxidant, i dont know what that means. Well i didnt ate it just because my girlfriend offerd me one and i took it. And after i ate it she started giggling and laughing she keeps telling me to wait...

Antioxidants and other cancer preventers? anyone know what the best antioxidant out there is, I have heard of green tea, gogi berries, olive leaf extract among lots more, anyone know the best one and the best cancer preventer, I am hearing different...

There was a clinical trail being done to prevent the progression of Alzheimer's and they were using high levels of B 12 and fish oil plus an antioxidant but I do not know the university doing the trail. If you are not knowledgeable in medical knowledge...

http://extremelongevity.net/2013... also, lots of fruits and veggies have antioxidant phenols too

I understand Acai, Goji, and more recently Maqui are powerful antioxidants - but what tops them all?

i only got a few information from science buddies which was this: Antioxidants have become very popular in the news lately for their potential health and anti-aging properties. Antioxidants work by preventing oxidation reactions that produce free-radicals...

can anyone tell me whats the best laboratory method for obtaining extracts of seeds suitable for determining the antioxidant activity and antioxidant activities of these extracts......would also like info on how to determine antioxidant activities/properties...

Ive done a DPPH antioxidant test. But i cant seem to figure out the unit? the formula used is Total antioxidant activity= A(standard)/ (A(sample)-A(standard) A(standard)= DPPH solution in the presence of TROLOX A(sample)= DPPH solution in the presence...