Biohacker hoping to live to 160 reveals alarming diagnosis: 'My stomach is eating itself'

Bryan Johnson, a biohacker and longevity guru who has claimed "we whitethorn beryllium nan first procreation who won’t die," revealed he has an autoimmune information causing his tummy to "eat itself."

The Los Angeles-based tech entrepreneur, 48, has antecedently shared publically that he is hoping to unrecorded until nan twelvemonth 2140, erstwhile he would successful mentation beryllium 160 years old.

Now, Johnson says he has been diagnosed pinch autoimmune gastritis (AIG), a chronic autoimmune illness successful which nan immune system attacks nan stomach's acid-producing parietal cells, reducing tummy acerb and impairing vitamin B12 absorption, according to Nature Reviews Disease Primers.

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"My tummy is eating itself," he wrote successful an Instagram post. Johnson besides shared that anyplace from 2% to 5% of group apt person this disease.

"I’m going to effort to lick it," Johnson went on. "Will stock all."

Bryan Johnson, a biohacker and longevity guru who has claimed "we whitethorn beryllium nan first procreation who won’t die," revealed he has an autoimmune information causing his tummy to "eat itself." (Getty Images)

The biohacker shared that arsenic a child, he ate sugary cereal, drank sugary soda and "gobbled down fast food."

"I became a young begetter of 3 and began building a business," Johnson went on. "Juggling that accent and grind, I fto my wellness gaffe and gained 40 lbs. Within a fewer years I’d fallen into a deep, chronic depression."

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"Somewhere successful that timeline, my assemblage began processing an autoimmune process affecting my thyroid and past my tummy lining," he added.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Johnson for comment.

AIG tin stay hidden and tin beryllium challenging to diagnose, Johnson noted, often surfacing years aft harm has already occurred to nan stomach. It tin origin robust deficiency, B12 deficiency and anemia, and tin besides summation nan consequence of stomach cancer, nan master warned.

"Low robust stores get normalized and seldom investigated astatine each erstwhile anemia hasn’t shown up yet," Johnson wrote. "That unsighted spot is what hid excavation for a decade."

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He besides shared that for 11 years, he has had debased levels of ferritin, a macromolecule that stores robust wrong nan body's cells. Ferritin releases robust erstwhile nan assemblage needs it, supports musculus usability and carries retired different basal processes.

"We continually tried to raise my robust levels without nutrient and supplementation, but thing would work," he said.

The Los Angeles-based tech entrepreneur, 48, has antecedently shared publically that he is hoping to unrecorded until nan twelvemonth 2140. (Getty Images)

Johnson acknowledged that immoderate communal biohacking techniques — including hard training, sauna and hyperbaric oxygen — each raise nan body’s request for iron.

"But nary of them explained nan halfway failure: Despite maine taking robust orally, trailing each formulation and utilizing each timing trick, nary of nan robust would stick."

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Johnson underwent a colonoscopy and precocious endoscopy, which examined his full intestinal tract. Five biopsies were besides taken from his stomach, which recovered "clear signs of early autoimmune gastritis: early atrophy confined to nan acid-producing lining."

In January 2026, nan biohacker stated successful a station connected his website that "by 2039, my extremity is immortality."

"In nan property of AI, multiomics, and custom-built DNA, proteins and cells, nary information should beryllium presumed incurable simply because nary 1 has yet tried to cure it pinch today’s stack," Johnson said successful his post. (Getty Images)

He elaborate his strategy for defying aging, which includes embracing a strict regimen to slow aliases extremity biologic aging, utilizing AI to accelerate longevity research, testing caller treatments successful lab-grown cells and organs, and reaching "longevity flight velocity" — successful which aesculapian advances would yet widen lifespan faster than he ages.

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"I whitethorn neglect astatine this task, but my squad and I will effort our best," he wrote astatine nan time.

There is presently nary cure for AIG, which Johnson said he wants to change.

Johnson acknowledged that immoderate communal biohacking techniques — including difficult training, sauna and hyperbaric oxygen — each raise nan body’s request for iron. (iStock)

"In nan property of AI, multiomics, and custom-built DNA, proteins and cells, nary information should beryllium presumed incurable simply because nary 1 has yet tried to cure it pinch today’s stack."

Johnson ended his station by urging others to prioritize their health.

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"Care for yourself, attraction for others, attraction for nan satellite and attraction for our animal friends. Care for life, arsenic it’s nan astir precious gift location is."

The longevity guru besides shared an image showing nan elaborate findings of his 5 tummy biopsies.