A billionaire splashes out £1.6million a year in a bid to live forever – but he might do so alone.
Bryan Johnson, 45, said his extreme anti-ageing routine puts off potential partners.
As well as taking 111 pills a day, he drinks three ounces of alcohol in the morning and injects himself with his son's plasma in attempt to turn back the clock.
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The American businessman, originally from Utah but now based in California, would probably turn down dinner dates or late night romps.
He follows a strict plant-based diet packed with "super veggies", doesn't eat after 11am and makes sure to be in bed by 8:30pm.
The tech mogul, famous creating an online payment system called Braintree, spoke about his unconventional lifestyle on Steven Bartlett's Diary of a CEO podcast.
And during the episode, he also opened up about struggling to find love.
Bryan said: "In circumstances where I've tried to date, the first thing I do is give them a list of 10 things, like, 'Here's all the things you're going to hate about me, and [all the things that are] going to make me an impossible partner for you.' It's a big deal."
One of the biggest dealbreakers is the reluctance to ruin his "perfect" sleep pattern.
He said: "My last meal of the day is at 11am, by the time I go to bed I have more than eight hours of digestion.
"I ran a few hundred experiments on this, and I sleep best with an empty stomach."
The tycoon added: "Wake events are very costly – once you get woken up, going back to sleep is very hard – so it's just extremely challenging when you've got to coordinate with another human.
"Trying to negotiate with another person about their bedtime [and] their sleep hygiene is really difficult.
"If people do have the fortunate circumstances to be able to be in separate rooms, it is substantially better.
"I've built my life around sleep. That's the opposite of cultural norms, most people will blow their bed time if they want to go out with friends."
Another of Bryan's quirks is he isn't keen on small talk.
He focuses on "concentrated thought", which means he tries to cut back on general chit-chat.
Bryan said: "I go to bed early, I wake up early, and I have these four or five hours of concentrated thought where I can think about these really big pictures and try to pull myself out of my situation and just be as sober as possible.
"I probe myself to deep levels, but you can get knocked off so fast. Someone saying, 'How are you? How was your sleep?' can knock me off."
While most people would consider Bryan to be "middle-aged", he thinks it's "absolutely possible" to "live forever".
He's not necessarily expecting to be immortal – but does believe he's "projected to live to 200".
He added: "I'm revolting against the culture of death. I was born to introduce this new idea to humanity."
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