Because it helps keep you healthy. Every day, free-radicals cause damage to your cells and tissues. This leads to degenerative health conditions, which are associated with the acceleration of the normal aging process. It's quite simple, really.
Antioxidants fight oxidants.
Oxidants, if left unchecked, can break down your cells and tissues and unleash a whole rash of health concerns. When your body is healthy, you are better able to fight off illness, recover from injury and put off the symptons of aging. It has the added value of working synergistically with many essential nutrients. Studies show that Maritime pine bark is able to inhibit proteolytic enzymes such as collagenase and elatase, which degrade connective tissue. Maritime pine bark can help support circulation in the hands and feet and in the tiny capillaries that feed the eyes.