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Amaranth Grain Cooked

grain · 1 cup cooked

Amaranth Grain Cooked scores 42 on the Healthy Body Index, with its clearest signal on AMPK.

42
HBI score · Below average

Why it scores the way it does

  • Its strongest longevity signal is AMPK (4/10), backed by mTOR↓.
  • HBI uses best-of-top-3 scoring, so amaranth grain cooked is credited for the pathways it excels at.

Dimension breakdown

0–100 per dimension
Longevity
AMPK · NRF2
40
Micronutrient
density
13
Phytochemical
ORAC
22
Anti-inflammatory
DII
60
Gut microbiome
prebiotic
30
Cardiovascular
K:Na
85

Longevity pathway activation

0–10 per pathway
AMPK
AMPK
4.0
NRF2
NRF2
3.0
AUTOPHAGY
Autophagy
2.0
SIRT
Sirtuin
3.0
mTOR↓
mTOR
4.0
SENO
Senolytic activity
2.0
NAD+
NAD+
3.0
TELO
Telomere
4.0

HBI uses best-of-top-3 scoring — a food is judged on the pathways it excels at, not diluted by the ones it doesn’t touch.

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