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Antioxidants. These are substances which protect the body's cells from the damaging effects of highly unstable molecules called free-radicals. In some cases free-radicals can damage the genetic material of a cell, so increasing the chance that it will become cancerous. Be eliminating free radicals, antioxidants help prevent cancer

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