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Fiddlehead Fern

vegetable · ½ cup cooked

Fiddlehead Fern scores 78 on the Healthy Body Index, with its clearest signal on NAD+.

78
HBI score · Good

Why it scores high

  • Its strongest longevity signal is NAD+ (6/10), backed by TELO.
  • HBI uses best-of-top-3 scoring, so fiddlehead fern is credited for the pathways it excels at.

Dimension breakdown

0–100 per dimension
Longevity
AMPK · NRF2
57
Micronutrient
density
77
Phytochemical
ORAC
65
Anti-inflammatory
DII
100
Gut microbiome
prebiotic
50
Cardiovascular
K:Na
100

Longevity pathway activation

0–10 per pathway
AMPK
AMPK
5.0
NRF2
NRF2
4.0
AUTOPHAGY
Autophagy
4.0
SIRT
Sirtuin
5.0
mTOR↓
mTOR
5.0
SENO
Senolytic activity
4.0
NAD+
NAD+
6.0
TELO
Telomere
6.0

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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