Any food that activates AMPK should also activate autophagy, so any of the AMPK-boosting foods in the previous chapter should fit the bill. However, autophagy can also be activated directly in pathways independent of AMPK. The most reliable way to kick autophagy into high gear may be to eat less food altogether, but there is a downside to dietary restriction: Starving yourself, as was understated in a major review, “generates discomfort.”257 There is, however, something we can consume that induces autophagy that many find comforting: coffee.
