AmericaEvery time he wakes up, 61-year-old Dave Pascoe eats a green banana and spends 8 minutes sitting on an electromagnetic blanket that stimulates blood circulation.
Next, he did a short stretching exercise, jumped on a mini trampoline and drank 82 functional food pills and homemade lemon tea. These are just a few habits that help him have a biological age much younger than his real age. Pascoe said he now owns the body of a 38-year-old.
He is an emerging character of the “biological age hacking” trend. In it, middle-aged billionaires seek to reduce the age of cells in the body, making them biologically younger than their actual age. One of the most famous people of this trend is Bryan Johnson, 46 years old. He once declared that he had the heart of a 37-year-old and the skin of a 28-year-old. Johnson was shocked when he shared that he spent two million dollars in exchange for youthfulness.
Pascoe said his method is more effective and cheaper than Johnson’s methods, costing a total of $30,000 per year. He said his initial goal was not to increase longevity or fight aging, but to change lifestyle to prevent cancer and depression. Ultimately, that lifestyle paid off for him in the long run. Pascoe has been practicing this lifestyle for three years.
Pascoe has a varied diet, using 120 supplements such as zinc and the hormone balancer Nutrafol. He also maintains a daily exercise routine, uses infrared saunas and uses electromagnetic technology to stimulate blood flow.
He has monthly blood tests, quarterly genetic tests and annual bone density tests to track his biological age. He even had a mineral analysis of the hair tissue.
Pascoe’s wellness philosophy focuses on avoiding factors that accelerate the aging process, attempting to reverse some of the problems that may occur. The “prohibited ingredients” include added sugars, seed oils, flavorings, and pesticides (in fruits and vegetables). The rejuvenation method is massage, weight training, regular cardio, not eating processed foods and getting plenty of sleep.
People like Johnson and Pascoe emerged amid remarkable advances in longevity research. Scientists at the Institute for Research on Aging at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine believe there are ways to “reverse aging before it begins.” Dr. Nir Barzilai, director of the Institute, said he and his colleagues are researching a way to “cure aging” by removing old and dead cells from the body before they cause negative effects such as inflammation. .
“Over time, reducing inflammation and stressors from dead cells can slow the aging process,” he says.
Meanwhile, some self-described “biological age hacking experts” say they can reverse age by comparing genetic markers, blood tests or organ health.
Johnson measures his biological age by examining the health of his organs. Pascoe relied on the results of regular blood tests and DNA tests. According to epidemiologists from the University of Bristol, changes in these measurements could be a marker of aging.
However, others are skeptical about this. According to some experts, men’s claims about aging are based on physical measurements. The tests are also not standardized, so outsiders cannot verify that claim. Dr. Jennifer Gunter, an obstetrician and gynecologist, believes that the scale of research on the “biological age hack” method is too small. Self-reporting makes “impressive-sounding achievements” seem unscientific.
Dr. Charles Brenner, a biochemist who studies aging, believes this process has more to do with genes than lifestyle changes. According to him, nothing in Johnson or Pascoe’s care regimen can change the maximum life expectancy.
“There are people who age incredibly well, living from 110 to 122 years. None of them have expensive health protection methods like Johnson,” he said.