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Bryan Johnson, a 46-year-old tech multimillionaire focused on anti-aging, stopped using rapamycin—a supplement he took for five years—after research suggested it might accelerate aging.

Johnson cited side effects like skin infections and glucose issues, as well as findings from a recent study showing rapamycin could worsen epigenetic aging.

Known for extreme anti-aging experiments, Johnson also created the health startup Blueprint, which markets pricey supplements.

His controversial methods, including teenage blood transfusions and genital shock treatments, have raised skepticism about their effectiveness and safety.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

genital shock treatments

We're going on a Holiday...

It's pretty wild someone like this is so high on his own supply that he bought into his own bullshit.

[–] INeedMana@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

so high on his own supply

I'm out of the loop, I don't know who he is and I'm not sure I've heard about the drug earlier. But IMO, at least he did that. Instead of only peddling dreams to others for a hefty price

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

hefty price

If this is the guy I'm thinking of, he's doing both.

Extreme workouts, diets, medical interventions (blood transfusions, etc.), general body weirdness that would be classed as some variety of anorexia nervosa if he were younger and poorer, and a regimen of pills. He's selling the pills.

Oh, and ladies? He's looking to to reenter the dating market. I guess that's neither here nor there, but for some reason he's available!!!

[–] INeedMana@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Well, that's kinda my point. At least he's doing both, not only one of those

Oh, and ladies? He's looking to to reenter the dating market. I guess that's neither here nor there, but for some reason he's available!!!

:D

Oh, and ladies? He’s looking to to reenter the dating market. I guess that’s neither here nor there, but for some reason he’s available!!!

I'm a man and if I met a woman serious about life extension then I would consider that a positive. It's evidence that she is smart (at least in the high-INT/low-WIS way), motivated, and will always have something strange and new to talk about. Her eccentricity may turn out to be of the sort that makes a serious long-term relationship impossible, but that's a risk that someone who wants to date eccentric people must take.

With that said, I expect that women who think the way I do are quite rare.