Antioxidants play a role in absorbing free radicals, which are unpaired electrons sitting on organic compounds inside the cell. Free radicals are not entirely

Antioxidants play a role in absorbing free radicals, which are unpaired electrons sitting on organic compounds inside the cell. Free radicals are not entirely stable, and are mutagenic when they attach and break the phosphate molecules in the backbone of DNA (possibly leading to cancer).[1] These are dangerous because they can form reaction chains, which break molecule after molecule before finding a resting state. The antioxidants tend to give a more-stable resting state for the free radical, which makes it easier for your body to clear it. Hence if your body has enough free-radical fighting antioxidants, it is more equipped to metabolize cancer-causing compounds. [1] http://www.ijpsr.info/docs/IJPSR10-01-03-04.pdf http://www.ijpsr.info/docs/IJPSR10-01-03-04.pdf