As odd as it may sound, multimillionaire Bryan Johnson has spent more than $2 million to reduce his age. The 45-year-old multimillionaire hired a team of medical professionals to “help an 18-year-old boy get his brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, tendons, teeth, skin, hair, bladder, penis, and rectum.” .
Until now, Johnson’s team’s focus was hardly surprising: developing a diet and exercise program. If you consume the right foods and drinks and exercise regularly, you will improve your overall fitness; it’s not a secret. You’ll likely be even more successful when you spend large sums on a team that will help you stick to these plans. Johnson adheres to a 1,977-calorie vegan diet and never even breaks a sleep schedule. He is also taking a number of medications and supplements.
The team tracks everything from bowel movements and body fat to nighttime erections in this process, Popular Mechanic reports. After reviewing the data, adjustments are made to her regimen and medication.
So far, Johnson claims he’s had good results by improving metrics like blood pressure and lung capacity. “My new venture, Project Blueprint, aims to measure more than 70 organs of my body and then maximize the numerical biological age of each,” he writes on his website. “We measured over 15 organs and scored 507 age reversals. My chronological age is 44, my measured biological age is 36.”
While it’s gratifying that the $2 million spent so far has brought some benefit, it’s clear that nothing really out of the ordinary has happened so far. We’ve known for a long time that diet, exercise, and aging are linked, so it’s no surprise that living healthy has put Johnson on par with a fitter, younger man. But so far, there doesn’t seem to be any indication that an 18-year-old could have a brain, heart, lungs, penis and rectum.
While no details were given, the team may be examining gene therapies. Gene therapies show promise in reversing signs of aging in mice, and some scientists think similar therapies could one day be applied to humans.
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