A 27-year-old woman tried fashionable biohacking on herself (10 photos + 2 videos)
Kate Tolo, 27, who tried famed biohacker Brian Johnson's $2 million-a-year anti-aging program, reveals what it's like to try to become forever young.
Millionaire biohacker Brian Johnson, 46, has made headlines around the world with his quest to live forever. He claims to have the heart of a 37-year-old, the skin of a 28-year-old, and the physique of an 18-year-old.
He has been following a strictly regimented program since 2020, working with a team of 30 doctors to effectively reset his body. His regimen includes taking 80 vitamins and minerals per day, as well as about 30 kg of vegetable purees per month.
Biohacking and Brian's restrictive Blueprint diet changed his appearance. On the left - he is in 2018, on the right - in 2023
According to Johnson, it's never too late to take action on your rejuvenation. However, his strict Blueprint diet comes at a steep price—few people are willing to spend $2 million a year trying to live forever. But if Brian Johnson is your employer and he invited you to become a test subject, then why not give it a try?
For the first time, a woman acted as a guinea pig. Kate Tolo, 27, is Blueprint's chief marketer. Brian suggested she try the program for 30 days
According to Kate, staying forever young is not for the faint of heart. In short, it was not easy, but she did it.
“Kate has been working with me on the Blueprint project for three years now,” Brian Johnson explained in a YouTube video. “She saw me go through the whole process and had a front row seat to say, 'I think I can do this and here's why.'”
In the video, Kate talked about her goals and what her daily life looks like. The overall goal is to maintain your weight and become healthier overall.
“Also, my goal is to get 100 percent sleep every night, which means I can’t move my bedtime because of work deadlines or parties,” she said. Kate tried to sleep at least eight hours and tracked this using a Whoop heart monitor and a smart aura ring.
She then shared her meal plan, saying that her daily Blueprint diet was 1,700 calories. It includes everything you need, including vitamins and microelements (60 tablets per day). Kate also installed a monitor to track her blood glucose levels.
Baseline testing showed what she needed to work on, including necessary supplements and training
Baseline testing, according to Kate, showed a very low level of fitness: “I could only do five push-ups, which is age 74; my flexibility was equivalent to being 90 years old and my grip strength was equivalent to being 67 years old. Overall, not very great."
The girl admitted that receiving the test results was a “humiliating and awkward experience” for her, and she realized how difficult it would be to maintain a new lifestyle while maintaining her previous work and social activities.
She realized how difficult it would be to maintain a new lifestyle while continuing to work and communicate with people as before
To get things done as efficiently as possible, she adjusted different parts of her day until she found the routine that worked best for her. “I decided to stick with something similar to what Brian does,” she explained. “I woke up, did my morning chores, exercised, ate, all before starting the work day.”
Kate understood that the exercises would be difficult and would not be easy for her.
“The exercises will be very hard for me,” Kate admitted. - Every day I will do 13 minutes of high-intensity and 39 minutes of moderate strength and flexibility training. And I don’t really like playing sports.”
Her workout included 13 minutes of high-intensity exercise and 39 minutes of moderate strength and flexibility exercises.
Days into the program, Kate admitted she was feeling "depressed" and was struggling with the mental side of the Blueprint challenge.
“It's day four now and I'm questioning whether this is for me, whether I'm really going to do this,” she said. - It's very hard".
However, she did not give up and continued her training and diet. After only a week of following all the instructions, Kate felt the benefits of eight hours of sleep and began to get enough sleep.
After a couple of weeks, she felt that her strength was constantly increasing thanks to training. And she and Brian even went on a test run, which, according to her, she would never have completed before.
After 30 days, Kate took all the baseline tests again to see if her health had improved.
She found that her VO2 Max - the maximum rate of oxygen consumption achievable during exercise - rose from 51% to 93%. She also initially had a deficiency of six essential minerals and vitamins, and this deficiency was corrected within 4 weeks. The amount of fat in the body decreased by 4%. Kate achieved an extra 40 minutes of a strong night's sleep.
“I didn’t expect any improvement,” she admitted. “But I got a significant improvement in my health.” I'm shocked. I didn’t think my body could change so much in just 30 days.”
Detailed video in which Kate talks about the test and her feelings