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A TECH millionaire trying to live beyond age 200 has sparked a global debate about whether someone can really reverse the ageing process. A new Netflix documentary called Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants To Live Forever chronicles the life of Bryan Johnson, inset, an entrepreneur who spends millions each year to feel 18 again.
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The fitness fanatic, 47, wants to reach a stage where one year of chronological time can pass while his biological age stays the same. But Dawn Skelton, Professor in Ageing and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University, reckons his plans will be short-lived.
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She said: “Since I first started doing research into exercise in older people over 30 years ago, our life expectancy has gone up. “This is because we have the NHS, brilliant medications, good sanitation and there’s no wars in the UK. “But I think people trying to live until the age of 200 are fighting a losing battle and wasting money.
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“Cell death starts almost the minute you start walking, and over time you can’t preserve the nervous system, because they [cells] have a time clock. “You can reduce the speed they die off and stop illness or accidents but there’s still a time clock on every cell in the body.”.
The new programme, from Tiger King director Chris Smith, follows Johnson’s journey as he tries to avoid death. His main purpose is to have multiple lifetimes with his son Talmage as he says, “one hundred years is not enough”. To achieve his aim, he wakes up at 4.30am, eats all his meals before 11am and goes to bed at 8.30pm.
