If you are not getting at least 20,000 ORAC points per day you will be sick. What is an ORAC score?
Oxygen radical absorbance capacity
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Oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) is a method of measuring antioxidant capacities in biological samples in vitro.
A wide variety of foods has been tested using this method, with certain spices, berries and legumes rated highly in extensive tables once published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), but these were withdrawn in 2012 as biologically invalid,[3] as no physiological proof in vivo exists that the free-radical theory is valid. Consequently, the ORAC method, derived only in in vitro experiments, cannot be interpreted as relevant to human diets or biology.
Ok, this is what is meant by misinformation. In this example the USDA tries to neutralize the understanding that free radicals cause cell damage by claiming that there is no evidence that free radicals exist in vivo . This could lead one to conclude that Free Radical damage to cells is invalid.
Below are just a few of the thousands of peer reviewed studies that seem to contradict the USDA position on the "Free Radical Theory". You can look these articles up at pubmed.com and googlescholar.com.:
Mitochondria as sources and targets of damage in cellular aging.
Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.) extracts on hydrogen peroxide- and lipopolysaccharide-treated RAW264.7 macrophages.
Mechanisms for countering oxidative stress and damage in retinal pigment
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