ORAC, Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity: Health Blog

Posted By: Jon Barron | October 14, 2007 10:07 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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I read your article on antioxidants and ORAC scoring and I'm confused. Does an ORAC score measure one antioxidant or is it an accumulated combination of antioxidants in a particular fruit? If it's accumulated, how do you know how much of each antioxidant contributes toward your final score?

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ORAC refers to the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity of whatever you're testing -- whether it is a single fruit juice, for example, or a combination of five juices. It's a measurement of whatever you're testing. In combination, you have no way of knowing how much each component is contributing -- unless you know exactly how much of each component is included.

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