Bryan Johnson says he spent time in Ecuador as a Mormon missionary at age 19, and that it shaped his wish to improve humanity.
“I had this transformative experience when I was 19 years old. I went to Ecuador and I was a missionary.”
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Bryan Johnson
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Bryan Johnson says he sold Braintree, the payments company that owned Venmo, when he was 34.
“I sold Braintree Venmo at at thirty four and made a few $100 million.”
Bryan Johnson says his chronic depression began at age 24 while he was working on a startup with his brother.
“I remember I was in the UH parking lot one day with my brother. We were working on a startup and something just broke in my brain.”
Bryan Johnson says he and his wife had their first child when he was 25.
“we had our first baby at the age of twenty five.”
Bryan Johnson says that within one year he sold Braintree, divorced, left the Mormon church and overcame his depression.
“within one year's time, I sold Braintree, got a divorce, left the church, and, um, overcame my depression.”
Bryan Johnson says the core idea of Blueprint is to measure every organ, review scientific evidence and follow the resulting algorithm.
“I'm going to measure every organ in my body. I'm gonna ask it what it needs to be in its best space.”
Bryan Johnson says DNA methylation patterns are data that show how fast a body is aging.
“we're looking at DNA methylation patterns, and it's, uh, these are. This is data that shows how fast the body's aging, shows your speed of aging.”
Bryan Johnson says his Whoop sleep score was 100% for four months and 99% for two months before that.
“so yes, 100% for four months, 99% for the other two months. I'm going for a six month, 100% streak.”
Bryan Johnson says he eats only between 6am and 11am and goes to bed at 8:30pm so his stomach is empty at bedtime.
“I eat between six am and eleven am. And so then I'm, by the time I go to bed at eight thirty, I've got, you know, eight plus hours of digestion.”
Bryan Johnson says his bed is set to about 78°F at bedtime, 71°F for most of the night, and 73°F for REM sleep.
“I go to bed at seventy eight, and then Fahrenheit, and then I sleep at seventy one thereabouts, then I come up for REM at seventy three.”
Bryan Johnson says eating any flour raises his resting heart rate into the high 50s and ruins his deep sleep.
“Flour of any type wrecks my sleep. It elevates my resting heart rate into the high fifties”
Bryan Johnson says his heart rate variability rose from the mid 30s to the low 60s on average over about 500 days.
“I had a meaningful increase in my HRV over the past 500 days. I was I started, I was believe in the or like the mid 30s range, and I'm now up in the low 60s on average.”
Bryan Johnson says he stopped drinking 3 ounces of wine each morning because its 72 calories did not fit his calorie budget.
“I got rid of it because it was too expensive from a caloric perspective. It was 72 calories for the 3 oz”
Bryan Johnson says he gave his father a liter of his own blood plasma to test its effect on cognitive decline.
“So it's basically taking plasma from the body. And so I gave my father a liter of my plasma”
Bryan Johnson says he is chronologically 45 while many of his measured biological markers are in their 20s.
“I'm chronologically 45, many of my phenotypic markers are in their 20s”
Bryan Johnson says his daily intake is 2,250 calories, each chosen to serve a measurable purpose.
“my daily caloric intake is, uh, 2,250 calories a day. Every calorie has to fight for its life.”
Bryan Johnson says following his meal plan would mean eating about 70 pounds of vegetables per month.
“you would eat around 70 pounds of vegetables per month.”
Bryan Johnson says his morning starts with a drink called the green giant, 60 pills, a one-hour workout, then his meals spaced an hour apart.
“First thing I'll do is drink the green giant. Take 60 pills, work out for an hour, then eat super veggie, wait for an hour, eat nutty pudding”
Bryan Johnson says he tested NR and NMN supplements for 90 days each and found both raised his intracellular NAD to an 18-year-old level.
“I did, uh, 90 days on NR, I did 90 days on NMN, and I measured my intracellular blood levels throughout, and I showed that both were basically effective”
Bryan Johnson says he uses a testosterone patch to keep his levels in the normal range because calorie restriction lowers them.
“so I keep my testosterone pegged in the normal range between 600 and 800. I'm about 850 right now”
Bryan Johnson says his hair-loss routine includes a minoxidil formulation and a red light therapy cap worn for 6 minutes each morning.
“It basically has minoxidil and a few other things, so people can get that easily. I have a red light therapy cap I wear every morning for 6 minutes.”
Bryan Johnson says he was born with narrow internal jugular veins, so poor posture can restrict blood flow from his brain.
“I was born with narrow jugular veins. And so when I have bad posture like this, it stops the blood flow and it builds up in my brain”