So – antioxidants. We hear this ‘buzz word’ thrown around the health community a lot these days, but you may struggle to think of an explanation for what antioxidants are and what they do. Put as simply as possible, antioxidants are exactly what their name suggests – they are anti-oxidising. Oxidation, whilst a perfectly normal chemical process that takes part in our bodies each day, doesn’t always lead to desirable consequences when aggravated and increased by factors such as drug consumption (cigarettes, alcohol etc) and stress. When oxidation is accelerated, free radicals form which may lead to cell damage – and if...