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Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by catigula »

figmert wrote: post #11

> I'm going to try and solve it. Will share all. Will he share all or will he try to sell you some fad instead? I wish him the best, and hope he recovers, but my money is on him trying to sell something new that won't work.

His protocols are usually pretty robustly researched. The worst thing you can say about Bryan Johnson is that I personally believe he over-indexes on suspect science, but that's it.

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by wouldbecouldbe »

catigula wrote: post #13
figmert wrote: post #11

> I'm going to try and solve it. Will share all. Will he share all or will he try to sell you some fad instead? I wish him the best, and hope he recovers, but my money is on him trying to sell something new that won't work.

His protocols are usually pretty robustly researched. The worst thing you can say about Bryan Johnson is that I personally believe he over-indexes on suspect science, but that's it.

His longevity protocol trial with group of people had negative overall results according to ny times. His supplements tested to not contain what it claimed

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/technology/bryan-johnson-...

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by Yapping7880 »

I really appreciate how the author dramatizes hypothyroidism, which I've also had since 25, and in the modern world, it's like the most treatable, easy to live with condition on earth. Taking a tiny pill once daily, with the lone drawback that as soon as you take the pill you have a 5min timer to taking a dump.

I was reading this and didn't understand the point until I got to this:

"I overhauled my medical team earlier this year. It was the rebuild to lay the groundwork for Immortals Care, our $1M a year protocol. With greater capacity, we revisited everything."

And realized this person is speaking the language of scams.

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by francisofascii »

danso wrote: post #2

First part of the very long tweet: Bad news #1: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself. Bad news #2: 2–5% of people have this, too. Likely more, because it hides. Good news: I'm going to try and solve it. Will share all. As a kid, I ate sugar cereal, drank sugary soda, and gobbled down fast food. I had a few healthy years in my early 20s but then became a young father of three and began building a…

Wonder if he has Hashimoto's, an autoimmune condition where the immune system attacks the thyroid, causing hypothyroidism. The hypothyroidism lowers stomach acid, impairing iron absorption. Sounds similar to what is being described.

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by psygn89 »

pingou wrote: post #14
4fterd4rk wrote: post #6

Chronic attention seeking weirdo discovers he has common condition, will now have to do iron and B12 supplementation. yawn

Did he somehow wronged you or are you just having a bad day?

Guy is a weirdo, I remember logging into Twitter a few weeks ago and he was talking about his wife like she were some lab experiment. I don't know if it was a joke but it coming from a weirdo didn't help.
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