Functional Foods are defined as any food or food components that may provide health benefits beyond meeting the minimum daily nutritional requirements of an individual, as they are reputed to reduce the risk of disease or promoting good health. These food offer health –promoting ingredients or natural components are called Functional Food Ingredients (FFI). FFI has been found to have potential benefits effects on the physical or mental health of the individual who consume.

Antioxidants

In the ongoing war that is waged inside our bodies, antioxidants represent our front line of defense against major health conditions such as heart disease, cancer and macular degeneration. Today these are very prevalent amongst. At the molecular and cellular levels, antioxidants serve to deactivate free radicals, which usually come in the form of O2, the Oxygen molecule. Free radicals are the natural by products of many processes within and among cells. They can also be created by exposure to various environmental factors and can cause damage to cell walls, certain cell structures and genetic material with in the cells.

Such damage can become irreversible and lead to disease, increase ageing process. This is where antioxidants come into play as a house keeper’s role in mopping up free radicals before they get a chance to do harm in the body.

BIB's ANTI-OXIDANTS