A biohacker millionaire who spends $2 million a year to de-age himself has shared one simple way everyone can improve their health.
Bryan Johnson is attempting to turn back his biological clock and he has an easy tip that doesn’t cost a fortune.
The venture capitalist saw his biohacking journey begin in 2020 after experiencing health problems.
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The 47-year-old has a strict daily routine of dozens of pills and a rigorous diet.
Johnson is monitored daily by a team of doctors and now he is lifting the lid with a new Netflix documentary titled Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever.
Speaking to People, he said: “It began when I was 21 years old. I was a missionary, and I lived among extreme poverty in Ecuador.
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“I felt really compelled to want to do something that would improve the world. I didn’t know what.
“So the goal became make a whole bunch of money by age 30, and then with that money, find something interesting to do.”
Once he had sold his company Braintree, Johnson said that it ‘coincided with having to rebuild myself from a decade of depression, leave my religion [Mormonism], having divorce, like just try to rebuild myself from scratch — and then this bigger question, what do I do?’
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Johnson then put $100 million into ‘synthetic biology, genomics, nanotech’ and built a brain interface, which he said was ‘the world’s best way to easily and robustly measure the brain… and then I started Blueprint to measure myself. And it all kind of came together into this one simple thesis, which is, don't die’.
But since not everyone can spend millions a year on their health, the businessman has provided a cost-free way normal people can improve their chances of living for longer.
“Sleep is a professional activity,” he said. “Take sleep as seriously as you do your job.
“You show up on time, you respect it, you’re very rigorous about it, you’re disciplined, you take pride in it.”
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He added: “If I eat late or too much food, [it] will decimate my sleep.”
The health-enthusiast recommends trying out a ‘wind-down routine’ which is a ‘30 to 60-minute window to wind down from work, not be on your screen, not doing work, to reconcile what you’re happy about, what you’re sad about, what you’re anxious about. You need some kind of calming mechanism’.
“Sleep is the most powerful drug in existence for anybody,” he insisted.
Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever is available to watch on Netflix now.