Longevity Foods Directory

The food that becomes
the supplement

A living directory of growers, foods, and the compounds they produce — mapped to the science of longevity.

64
Verified growers
40
Compounds mapped
12
Precursor chains
Browse by compoundAnthocyaninsAOD-9604ApigeninAstaxanthinBerberineBPC-157CholineCoenzyme Q10 (Ubiquinol)CurcuminEGCGEllagitanninsErgothioneineFisetinGLP-1 Agonist

The science

Eat the food
that makes
the molecule

Some supplements are the end of a chain. Your body converts upstream foods into the same compound — often more effectively, with natural co-factors intact.

01
Find your target compound
Browse compounds linked to longevity pathways — NAD⁺, sirtuins, AMPK, and mitophagy.
02
Trace the precursor chain
See which foods your body converts upstream. Some chains are short; others span three steps.
03
Find a verified grower
Locate farms using stress-inducing methods — dry-farming, organic, high-altitude — that raise compound concentrations.

NAD⁺ precursor chain

Tryptophan
Turkey, eggs, oats, pumpkin seeds
Food
body converts via kynurenine pathway
Niacin (B3)
Mushrooms, liver, tuna, avocado
Food
converted in intestine + liver
NR → NMN
Edamame, broccoli, avocado, cucumber
Precursor
final conversion to NAD⁺
NAD⁺
Target — sirtuin activation, DNA repair
Target

Featured foods

Stressed, potent, verified

Stressed plant
Japanese Knotweed
Reynoutria japonica
0 growerswild-harvested · invasive-stress · root-extract
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Natto
Glycine max (fermented)
0 growerstraditional-ferment · B. subtilis natto
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Wheat Germ
Triticum aestivum (germ)
0 growersstone-milled · heritage-wheat · cold-process
→
Stressed plant
Matcha
Camellia sinensis (tencha)
0 growersshade-grown · stone-ground · JAS-certified
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Edamame
Glycine max (immature)
0 growersorganic · non-GMO
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Stressed plant
Capers
Capparis spinosa
0 growerswild-harvested · sun-dried · Mediterranean
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