Meet the body-hacking, pill-popping, blood-swapping man who never wants to die

Some see Bryan Johnson as a human guinea pig with the charisma of ChatGPT. Others, meanwhile, see him as a man on a very important mission. He’s not just in it for himself, they say, he’s in it for the betterment of humanity.

For the uninitiated, Johnson is officially the world’s most measured human. As per the 46-year-old’s YouTube channel, which boasts 548,000 subscribers, ‘Johnson has achieved metabolic health equal to the top 1.5 per cent of 18 year olds, inflammation 66 per cent lower than the average 10 year old, and reduced his speed of aging by the equivalent of 31 years.’

Worth an estimated $400 million, Johnson is, by his own admission, an odd individual. Every morning, without fail, he rises at the ungodly hour of 4.30am. Over the course of the day, he consumes exactly 1,977 calories. Over the course of a month, he consumes copious amounts of beans and over 70 pounds of vegetables.