Billionaire biohacker Bryan Johnson's strict 'perfect diet'
All work and no play.
You’ve likely seen a bit of Bryan Johnson by now: the Venmo founder who, after selling the payment company to PayPal, has embarked on a biohacking journey with the aim of living forever.
While immortality probably isn’t on the cards for the multi-millionaire, his extensive dietary, physical training, and stress-reducing regimen – complete with test upon test to check how his body is reacting to this super-optimised lifestyle – could well extend his health span and lifespan beyond the average.
He’s not to be confused with Brian Johnson, of course, otherwise known as the Liver King. Considering his admissions of steroid abuse, Brian Johnson likely isn’t quite as healthy as Bryan Johnson.
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While the Liver King swears by eating truckloads of red meat and bull testicles, Bryan Johnson has a decidedly more balanced approach to his diet.
Here’s the hyper-optimised meal plan of the multi-millionaire biohacker.
Per Men’s Health, Johnson kicks off his day with 54 supplements before spending an hour in the gym. Does it count as fasted cardio if you’re only dissolving capsules and powders in your gut?
From there he’s onto his 2,500-calorie diet for the day. This is the average recommended intake for an adult man, according to the NHS, although Johnson’s calorie intake is finely tuned to his particular needs and exercise regimen.
Speaking to Jay Shetty, host of the On Purpose podcast, Johnson said he is a strict disciple of his diet plan and never has cheat meals.
“'Now the idea of eating a piece of pizza or a whole pizza or like a doughnut or something just makes me sick,” he said. “Because if I'm going to do it, there'll be like five seconds of maybe enjoyment and then you've got like an entire day of misery.”
Instead, he ploughs through ‘a lot of broccoli, cauliflower, lentils, hemp, pea protein, hemp protein, berries, nuts, seeds.'
His eating window is just six hours long, and he eats three meals in that period.
For the first meal, Johnson has a ‘Super Veggie’ plate of broccoli, cauliflower, black lentils, ginger and garlic. Presumably some of the nutrition in there isn’t covered by his 54 daily supplements.
The second meal is ‘Nutty Pudding’, featuring macadamia nuts, flax seeds, walnuts, berries and pomegranate juice. Pea and hemp protein are in there too for good measure.
Meal three is more variable, but Johnson has said it’s typically made up of vegetables, nuts, berries and seeds.
On top of that, he has a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil with every meal, along with 6g of cocoa.
“We’ve tried to construct a perfect diet, so every single calorie I consume has a specific objective,” he explained. “We basically just tried to stack superfoods across the board.”
In terms of his protein intake, Johnson said: “Right now I'm probably doing like 80 grams of protein a day, and that's good if I get there like realistically, and my gut can handle that. Whereas I saw my gut health struggling as I tried to get to 120 grams of protein.”
Reckon you could stick to this diet?
Rachael Davis