Question

What are antioxidants? give two examples

Answer 1

An antioxidant is a substance which slows down the damage that can be caused to other substances by the effects of oxygen. Foods which contain antioxidants are thought to be very good for you.

eg-- Vitamin A.

Vitamin C.

Vitamin E.

Answer 2

There are many types of nutrients in our daily meals which are very important for our health.

Antioxidant is one of those important nutrients.We can easily find out the definition of the antioxidant from the word "antioxidant" itself.

It is a chemical compound which resists the unnecessary oxidations in our human bodies.