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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bruce Golding

‘Don’t Die’ biohacker Bryan Johnson opens up about diagnosis: ‘Would be much worse...had I not taken care of my body’

Bryan Johnson fears the autoimmune condition he recently revealed “would be much worse” if not for the painstaking attention he’s been paying to his health, the biohacker told The Independent on Tuesday.

In a brief email exchange, the 48-year-old tech entrepreneur also said his May diagnosis of autoimmune gastritis — which he recently revealed to the public — was likely tied to an earlier diagnosis of autoimmune hypothyroidism at age 21, “so this has been part of my body for 27 years.”

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