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Spermidine

Spermidine is a calorie restriction mimetics, it activates autophagy
It doesn’t do much else.

food source

eat wheat germ as supplement, or get isolated (expensive)
Spermidine is found in foods such as wheat germ, soybeans, nuts, and some fruits and vegetables and produced by the microbiota.

effect

Increased uptake of spermidine has protective effects against cancer, metabolic disease, heart disease, and neurodegeneration.

Absorption

When eating it, spermidine levels in blood don’t increase, but spermine levels do. study

chemical

It’s a polyamine compound