Tech Mogul Spends $2m a Year on Quest for Eternal Youth

And the businessman got this look without plastic surgery or Botox or filler injections that are widely circulated. He may take 80 vitamins and minerals daily, eat 70 pounds of mashed vegetables per month, and go to bed at 8:30 pm. Every night, he took more than 33,000 x-rays of the inside of his intestines.

Brian’s goal is to become an 18-year-old biological again, eating 1,977 calories a day including almond milk, walnuts, flaxseeds and berries.

He also exercises at least an hour a day and, after two years of anti-aging experience, claims to now have the heart of a 37-year-old, the skin of a 28-year-old and the fitness of an 18-year-old.

Brian takes small doses of the male hormone testosterone, because his restrictive diet has lowered its normal level, human growth hormones that reactivate the thymus gland, the gland responsible for keeping the immune system healthy, and a daily dose of mood-enhancing lithium.

Brian made global headlines last month at the world’s first “multigenerational blood plasma exchange” when his 17-year-old son Talmage donated his young blood to Brian, who in turn donated the plasma to his 70-year-old father, Richard.

His idea was prompted by rodent tests that showed older mice rejuvenated when infused with blood from younger mice, but it has not been scientifically tested in humans.

Brian began his anti-aging research when, after selling his company Braintree Venmo to PayPal for $800 million and divorcing the mother of his three children, he found himself at 60 pounds (27 kg), depressed to the point of suicidal thoughts and violent mood swings.

On the other hand, many doctors, including the pioneering British scientist Lord Robert Winston, reject what Brian is doing, and say that taking dozens of vitamins is pointless if a person follows a balanced diet.

Meanwhile, others, including oncologist Christine Dittmar, praise Brian for investing millions in “breaking new ground”. (Arabic)