Young wheat shoots contain flavonoid compounds that outperform vitamin C in fighting cellular damage—and these antioxidants can actually extend lifespan in laboratory animals. Chinese researchers who screened 228 modern wheat cultivars discovered that two specific wheatgrass flavonoids, isoorientin and luteolin, demonstrated twice the antioxidant power of vitamin C in laboratory tests. Even more striking: wheatgrass … Read more
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