Experts explore the utility of ORAC in today’s antioxidant market.
By Alan Richman
These days, many ingredient and finished product manufacturers like to tout the ORAC scores registered by their favorite antioxidant source. Tempted as buyers may be to just glom onto the item with the highest score, they probably should not. According to various experts, although ORAC is a useful gauge of in vitro antioxidant power, this may not necessarily translate into what is happening in the user’s body.
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Source: Nutraceuticals World, March, 2010 Edition
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ORAC: Not the Whole Story
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