You may know him as the west coast tech entrepreneur who spends millions on his health—or perhaps as the man who doesn’t want to die. Bryan Johnson has amassed a global following after a feature in Bloomberg two years ago showcased his rigid longevity routine, which includes dozens of daily supplements, tests, and extreme diet restrictions.
This month, a Netflix documentary, “Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever,” follows Johnson’s life, offering an even more intimate look at his regimen and motivations for becoming, as he calls himself, the most measured man in history.
“I am trying to be on the absolute outermost edge of possibility for the science,” the Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned longevity enthusiast said in the documentary.
Johnson’s longevity consultant Dr. Oliver Zolman says of his protocol: “It’s pretty safe so far and maybe it will work and maybe we can learn from it.”
Johnson’s pursuit of immortality has led him to try some unorthodox and controversial procedures: He said he saw “no benefits” from a non-FDA-approved injection of his teenage son’s plasma which was intended to help him reverse age, and he had a cosmetic blunder when injecting a donor’s fat into his face to look younger.
But Johnson, who claims he is aging at a pace of 0.69, meaning he biologically gets only eight months older each year, acknowledges that certain protocols are not recommended for the average healthy person, and that he is “trying to show what’s possible,” according to the film.
Since his popularity has grown, Johnson has allowed media and content influencers into his home to interview him about his protocol, and even to test some of his longevity hacks out for themselves. (One guest in the documentary tries doing the splits with Johnson while they consume his daily nutty pudding breakfast to kill two birds with one stone.)
Referencing Johnson’s strict 1,950 calorie per day diet that consists of a veggie bowls and nutty pudding (a mix of nuts, his company’s Blueprint cocoa, fruits, and pomegranate juice), all consumed within a five-hour window, the visitor asks, “Are you ever hungry?”
“I’m pretty hungry,” Johnson admits in the film. “The saddest part of my day is the last bite.”
And yet, despite ravenous feelings, Johnson says it’s all worth it.
“I have found more relief in demoting my mind and elevating my body than I have in my entire life,” he said in the film, referencing his years in poor mental and physical health. “It feels so liberating to me because my entire life I was desperate to be free from myself.”
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