Bryan Johnson, longevity icon, reveals incurable disease
Bryan Johnson, the millionaire who spends fortunes trying to reverse aging, says he has autoimmune gastritis, an incurable condition in which his immune system attacks his own stomach lining.
- In a post on X, Johnson wrote “my stomach is eating itself,” revealing a May diagnosis of autoimmune gastritis, which affects an estimated 2 to 5 percent of people and often hides for years.
- The disease irreversibly damages the stomach lining, causing nutrient and iron deficiency, anemia, and, over a long horizon, elevated cancer risk.
- Johnson, who runs the Blueprint anti-aging regimen and has spent millions trying to slow his own aging, said he will try to solve it and share everything.
Why it mattersThe man who built a brand on defeating aging now faces a disease he cannot reverse. Yes, he was vaccinated.
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