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Butter Chicken

meat poultry · 1 cup (~250g)

Butter Chicken scores 37 on the Healthy Body Index, with its clearest signal on AMPK.

37
HBI score · Poor

Why it scores low

  • Its strongest longevity signal is AMPK (5/10), backed by NRF2.
  • HBI uses best-of-top-3 scoring, so butter chicken is credited for the pathways it excels at.

Dimension breakdown

0–100 per dimension
Longevity
AMPK · NRF2
47
Micronutrient
density
15
Phytochemical
ORAC
52
Anti-inflammatory
DII
75
Gut microbiome
prebiotic
15
Cardiovascular
K:Na
10

Longevity pathway activation

0–10 per pathway
AMPK
AMPK
5.0
NRF2
NRF2
5.0
AUTOPHAGY
Autophagy
4.0
SIRT
Sirtuin
4.0
mTOR↓
mTOR
4.0
SENO
Senolytic activity
3.0
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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