45-year-old American Dave Asprey is one of the most ambitious biohackers - people who, using advanced technologies, try to deceive nature: to rid themselves of diseases and to postpone old age as much as possible. To achieve perfect health, a man not only constantly diets and engages in special exercises, but also resorts to risky and little-tested methods.
Dave is serious about living to at least 180 years of age. The man got the idea of becoming the longest-living person on the planet back in the 1990s, when he worked as a technician in Silicon Valley. Asprey was overweight and could not lose weight in any way, despite active physical activity. Then he decided to pay attention to less traditional ways to become slimmer and healthier.
To begin with, the American switched to a low-carb diet, which allowed him to lose 23 kilograms. Then he ordered expensive “smart” weight loss drugs from Europe, which turned out to be very effective. Now Dave devoted all his free time to studying the effect on the body of all kinds of exercises, diets, drugs and devices. He was engaged in winter swimming, in Tibet he learned to meditate, but all this man was not enough.
Soon, Asprey began to use a special machine for electrical brain stimulation, supposedly allowing him to increase mental activity. Then he found a surgeon who agreed to extract stem cells from Dave's bone marrow and place them in other parts of the body, including the face. Asprey is convinced that the human body has all the means to maintain youth - you just need to understand how to use them.
To survive at least until 2154, the American uses, among other things, hyperbaric oxygenation (being in a pressure chamber under pressure), sleeps under infrared radiation and even exposes himself to radiation. To do this, Dave, along with other similar enthusiasts, visits abandoned uranium mines, where the air is saturated with radon, believing that in small doses it is useful.
In his homeland, Asprey is considered a real guru of biohacking and a healthy lifestyle. However, there are also critics accusing the man of selling his books, drugs and gadgets to followers. Dave actually owns several companies that manufacture the products he promotes, including "safe coffee," supposedly free of all harmful substances. Well, at least Asprey himself lives by the principles that he preaches (watch the video; those who do not know English can include titles in Russian).