- A California man has employed 30 doctors and experts to monitor every level of his health.
- He has spent millions of dollars to track his body’s functions to find the “blueprint” for reversing aging becoming medically younger.
- His lifestyle is a strict regimen meant to keep him at an optimal wellness level.
Bryan Johnson, 45, doesn’t want to just feel 18 years old. He wants his body to act 18 years old.
In an extreme effort—one chronicled in depth by Bloomberg—Johnson has partnered with more than 30 health professionals and spent over $2 million to track his every level of health and wellness, all with the goal to “have the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, tendons, teeth, skin, hair, bladder, penis, and rectum of an 18-year-old,” according to the article.
“The body delivers a certain configuration at age 18,” Johnson tells Bloomberg. “This really is an impassioned approach to achieve age 18 everywhere.”
Dubbed Project Blueprint, Johnson’s endeavor is the latest attempt from scientists and amateurs to figure out how to reverse aging and cure death. But there’s nothing actually revolutionary about Project Blueprint—it just requires a whole lot of extreme, intense, and strict behavior.
Johnson eats a 1,977-calorie vegan diet daily, follows an exacting exercise routine, and sticks to a steadfast sleep routine. But he also tracks his body relentlessly via MRIs, ultrasounds, and more invasive measures like blood tests and colonoscopies.
While Johnson’s ultra-healthy—and regimented—lifestyle has produced somewhat expected results, Oliver Zolman, a regenerative medicine doctor on the team, says the wild stuff hasn’t even started yet: There may be gene therapies in the offing.
But until then, Johnson takes two dozen supplements and medicines every day and changes his body based on monitoring and testing everything from his body fat, blood glucose, and bowels to his nocturnal erections. He applies creams, undergoes laser therapy, and employs electromagnetic pulses. The list continues on.
Surprise, surprise: Johnson is super healthy. Doctors say the multimillionaire software entrepreneur lowered his biological age by at least five years, including with the lung capacity of an 18-year-old.
“What I do may sound extreme,” he tells Bloomberg, “but I’m trying to prove that self-harm and decay are not inevitable.”
Tim Newcomb is a journalist based in the Pacific Northwest. He covers stadiums, sneakers, gear, infrastructure, and more for a variety of publications, including Popular Mechanics. His favorite interviews have included sit-downs with Roger Federer in Switzerland, Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles, and Tinker Hatfield in Portland.
