Showing posts with label antioxidant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antioxidant. Show all posts

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Vitamin C as an Antioxidant

Vitamin C is one of the most important antioxidants. Vitamin C safeguards the water-soluble substances in the body from damage by free radicals. Free radicals are molecules with an unpaired electron—they are hungry for another electron. Free radicals are unstable and react quickly with other compounds.