Man who spends $2M a year to look 18 is swapping blood with his father and son

https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/the-man-who-spends-2-mn-a-year-to-look-18-is-swapping-blood-with-his-father-and-son-1221314.html

by vishnugupta • 3 years ago

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jvanderbot• 3 years ago

I asked my wife, and she said he doesn't look any younger than any other person who has a good skin care routine.

lotsofpulp• 3 years ago

You can easily tell by the sunk or deflated skin on the face. Compare the kid’s face and the dad’s face.

I wonder if there is a term for the subcutaneous fat or whatever that goes away as you age.

pestatije• 3 years ago

i think it's collagen

moi23882• 3 years ago

There is: aging

imran0• 3 years ago

In a video with Will Tennyson he mentioned that he keeps his body fat at 5%. Such low numbers will naturally give you a sunken look.

strikelaserclaw• 3 years ago

the guy looks like a ghoul, his health metrics might be good but he looks way older than his age.

Clubber• 3 years ago

He looks his age. He's going to get old and die on a regular human timeframe (if he's lucky) just like the rest of us. He needs to acclimate himself to that fact; we all do.

Time is undefeated, make the best of the time you have.

shrimp_emoji• 3 years ago

https://youtu.be/XsS_J3G2X3E&t=1681

algoatecorn• 3 years ago

This guy's content snuck into my youtube algo not long ago. He seems to have a real disorder that stems from age and time, permeating every aspect of his life. I know it sounds a bit judgemental, and everyone should be able to do as they please. Agreed. But if you look into him, he is actually peddling a lot of these gadgets and courses around anti-aging. The media attention he's getting is probably just lining his pockets even further

pschuegr• 3 years ago

Also, I try not to judge what people spend their money on, but you can help a lot of people with $2m. Every time I hear stories like this I think of that guy in the UK who saved up for ... hair transplants? I think? and when he'd saved his $20k or whatever it was he decided to give it to some kid who needed money for a non-cosmetic medical treatment. There's a mensch for you.

greatpostman• 3 years ago

Yeah I also think he has some form of OCD. Regardless, I think someone trying what he’s trying is a positive for humanity. Learnings about the human body could pop out

AndyNemmity2• 3 years ago

I enjoy watching his content and the levels and arguments he makes, the only thing I don't like is he believes because he is spending 2m a year, that everything he says is fact, and based on data so it's impossible to be wrong.

That kind of thinking is so odd. He thinks every eating plan is stupid, because it's not his eating plan.

As if eating that many pills and his weird food is the only way to optimize one's self.

markozivanovic• 3 years ago

I just started following Bryan's journey two weeks ago.

I didn't get the same impression as you. I always thought it's implied he's talking about what's good for him, not all people. He then uses that as a framework for something others could pickup and incorporate in their lives.

I like the iterative nature of his work - he always tries to improve the recipes and supplements he takes.

I always see a lot of negative comments about the guy here on HN, and he's basically hacking his own body and publishes everything for free[0].

[0] https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co/

Gordonjcp• 3 years ago

He looks older than me (I'm 50 in a few months), if I shaved my beard off.

He doesn't look 18. He looks like someone in his mid-to-late 40s.

If you want to look younger than that at 50, follow my diet and healthcare regime - go for a walk out in the fresh air every so often, eat pies, drink full-cream milk, avoid sugar-free or low-fat things, and - crucially - stop fucking stressing about how old you look.

anonzzzies2• 3 years ago

stop stressing

… about anything and everything. It helps.

But yes, also 50 here and looking younger than this guy. I have some fat and it makes that I don’t have any wrinkles in my face at all.

browningstreet• 3 years ago

Sally Mcrae just ran a 250 mile race and didn't feel sore afterwards. Her condition and physical state is what I'm interested in.

pengaru• 3 years ago

You forgot the wear a full beard to naturally shield much of your face from harmful UV.

Shave it off when you want to look young.

dan-g• 3 years ago

For anyone interested (and a Bloomberg subscriber), the version of the article published on Bloomberg has some additional photos: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-22/bryan-joh...

bradlys• 3 years ago

If he actually publishes any well done research - I don’t think this is such a bad thing. I suspect it’ll suffer from not having enough participants to really make great claims about what is most effective for everyone but maybe it’ll be a more effective starting point for more broad trials among the general population.

Right now though, I do worry that he’s just spending money ineffectively and no one but some grifters gets anything out of this.

CameronNemo• 3 years ago

The problem is that the procedure described in the article is not useful for research. You effectively have a sample size of 1 or 2, which is damn near useless. All of the people being related doesn't help, either.

This particular procedure just seems like a stunt.

dragontamer• 3 years ago

A study with sample size 1 is called a 'Case Study' and is used all the time in various hard sciences.

Larger scale studies are of course stronger. But case studies have depth and are often the source of good hypothesis or the inspiration of other tests.

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That being said, this dude looks like a quack to me. But the alchemists we're all quacks but still laid the foundation of modern chemistry. So it ended up all being worthwhile.

strken3• 3 years ago

I wanted to make a similar comment. Anti-aging for oneself is seen as gauche or elitist, but when you think about anti-aging treatments affordable enough for all your loved ones, friends, and neighbours to use it's a lot more sympathetic. A few obsessed rich people might pave the way for the average grandparents to stay in their own home months or years longer.

Aside from anything else it's also pretty cool that he's 45 and has a VO2 max above 50 along with lifting reasonably heavy weights, regardless of how old he looks. I get the feeling from looking at his website that he cares as much about the numbers as his appearance, if not more.

youngNed2• 3 years ago

I mean.... i have read all the responses so far, and i'm pausing here to write this, because, i don't think anyone else has:

Article: THIS MAN IS HARVESTING HIS OWN SON.

HN: look at his VO2!, i wonder what he benches?

insert principle skinner 'the kids who are wrong".jpeg here - but seriously HN? this isn't peak 'Weird AF' to anyone else?

hoc• 3 years ago

So, the vampire routine doesn't work either...

(cancelling dentist appointment right now)

dan-rocks• 3 years ago

The photo on the Tweet looks incredibly disturbing. His face and head seem like they have been planted on someone else's body; even the colors are different.

nunez• 3 years ago

I have 50-yo+ friends that look younger than this guy. You can't game genetics.

cathdrlbizzare• 3 years ago

The age old (no pun intended) rich people trying to cheat the reaper. There’s a trade in endangered animals for this same snake oil (also no pun intended).

voldacar• 3 years ago

They might look younger because they have more body fat. He almost certainly has better skin than them

gnabgib• 3 years ago

Wonder why this is being trotted out again, doesn't seem to be anything new since January[0] discussion: 106pts, 177 comments[1]

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-01-25/anti-agin... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34518175

thatgerhard• 3 years ago

more like 30, def not 18

Man who spends $2M a year to look 18 is swapping blood with his father and son

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