Topics: Bryan Johnson, Health, Vegan
In this world, nothing is certain except for death and taxes, Benjamin Franklin once wrote. But when the founding father coined this phrase in 1789, he could not have conceived of wealthy 'biohacker' Bryan Johnson.
The wealthy wellbeing influencer has stated that he plans to break the eternal cycle of life and death by as soon as 2039, finally achieving his mission of 'living forever' that has garnered him millions of followers.
Johnson's mission sees him swallow dozens of pills per day and undergo bizarre procedures in an effort to increase his longevity and turn back the biological clock, which he claims has been reversed by five years through his bizarre experiments - including injecting his son's blood plasma.
After constantly monitoring every aspect of his physical performance and spending upwards of $2,000,000 per year on his goal of immortality, you might think that the 48-year-old would at least be in excellent shape. But when he shared his results from some extensive blood tests, he left some fitness fanatics worried for his health.
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This is despite the former Mormon missionary sharing his results while claiming to 'have the best comprehensive biomarkers ever measured.' He added that, if someone can be the fastest or richest person on Earth, he deserved the title for 'healthiest'.
Now, most of the information shared by Johnson would be meaningless, but fellow biohacker Jack Schroder dug through the many pages of Johnson's blood work and said on X that there was 'so much wrong' with his results.
He said: "If you told me that it was just a regular individual who doesn't do any health interventions (let alone spending millions of dollars a year), I'd honestly believe it."
Compared against the 'optimal' results aimed for in the biohacker community, Schroder argued that relatively low white blood cells counts and levels of proteins like ferritin could be a sign of poor iron absorption and wider nutrient deficiency, or inflammation.
Others chimed in to make similar judgements, with one user saying 'Ferritin under 30 is absolute iron deficiency.' Another added: "Especially for men. In women, ferritin tends to run lower because of regular menstrual blood loss, many of us live chronically under 30.
"In a man, ferritin that low strongly suggests an underlying issue that needs proper investigation."
But that is perhaps unsurprising as, despite controlling every aspect of what he eats and his physical health, Johnson excludes one thing from his diet that all humans have eaten for all time.
That is because the biohacker is a vegan and as such does not eat any meat, which would likely give his iron and ferritin levels a major boost.
One member of the community responded to Johnson's test results with some advice for the wellbeing business owner: "Your iron saturation is low. Ferritin low. Serum iron barely normal.
"Bro, you need more iron. Get some ferrous bisglycinate."
So Johnson has some way to go to achieve his goal of reaching immortality by 2039, when he will be a 61-year-old. Probably with the blood of a man half his age, just not his own.
