‘I’m a tech big who needs to stay endlessly and I take 100 capsules a day’

Sep 14, 2023 at 11:01 PM
‘I’m a tech big who needs to stay endlessly and I take 100 capsules a day’

A tech entrepreneur who describes himself on-line as a “rejuvenation athlete” is pursuing a plan to stay endlessly which incorporates getting up at 4.30am and taking 100 capsules a day.

Bryan Johnson has developed a self-care system referred to as Blueprint which he hopes will free him from the ageing course of.

It contains no alcohol, going to mattress on his personal at 8.30pm and following a strict weight loss plan which sees him consuming all his meals earlier than 11am.

On a every day foundation, boiled broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms and garlic characteristic on Mr Johnson’s menu as a part of his ambition to cease himself ageing biologically.

A crew of medical doctors screens his progress whereas Mr Johnson shares his progress together with his 160,000 followers on X, previously generally known as Twitter.

In one such put up, dated September 2, Mr Johnson lists what he has finished inside 24 hours, together with eight hours 36 minutes of sleep, 104 capsules swallowed, 12 minutes of “light therapy”, respiration workout routines and a check of his urination pace.

As a part of his bid to stay endlessly, Mr Johnson, 45, has additionally taken blood plasma from his son, Talmage.

A divorcee, he bought his firm, Braintree Venmo, to PayPal in 2013 for a reported $800million.

The value of the Los Angeles based mostly tech whizz’s quest to cease his physique ageing is reported to be $2m (£1.6m).

But moreover the strict regime he prescribes for himself, he additionally has excessive expectations in terms of first dates.

Outlining his expectations in a tweet, Mr Johnson lists dinner at 11am, sleep by 8.30am, “no pillow talk”, the opposite individual sleeping alone, no small speak or “sunny vacations”.

Sex would even be “scheduled”, they have to additionally give plasma and recognise they don’t seem to be his primary precedence.

The tweet ends with the tongue in cheek conclusion: “Unsure why I’m single”.

How effectively is Mr Johnson doing in his quest? Statistics he shared on X would counsel so with figures showing to point out him accumulating “ageing damage” slower than 88 % of 18-year-olds.

He additionally claims to have slowed the tempo of ageing by the equal of 31 years and to own a complete bone mineral density which locations him within the prime 0.2 % of 30-year-olds.