References for video "A deep dive on Bryan Johnson and his obsession with living forever"
- Michelle Adams
- Feb 28
- 4 min read
Updated: Mar 27

Most of the footage seen in this video is from Bryan’s YouTube, Instagram, and websites.
Bryan’s YouTube page: @BryanJohnson @ @BryanJohnsonBryanJohnson @BryanJohnson
Bryan’s Instagram page: @bryanjohnson_
Bryan’s websites: https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.com/
Specific video clips that I used while making this video are linked below:
My 2025 Longevity Protocol | FULL DAY
Channel: Bryan Johnson
Jan 8, 2025
Why I Take 100+ Pills Every Day
Channel: Bryan Johnson
21 jun 2023
How I Reversed My Hair Loss + Greying
Channel: Bryan Johnson
8 feb 2024
I Tried To Make My Face Younger
Channel: Bryan Johnson
10 oct 2024
Why I got veneers..
Channel: BryanJohnson
20 jan 2025
The World Is Making Us Sick
Channel: Bryan Johnson
2 ago 2024
My Complete Anti-Aging Workout
Channel: Bryan Johnson
15 abr 2023
f**k it. i built the perfect meal
Channel: Bryan Johnson
10 ago 2024
(Blood boy CGI short)
If you're doubting having children, here's one good reason.
Channel: Bryan Johnson
30 abr2024
Inside my $6.8m Anti-Aging Home
Channel: Bryan Johnson
26 jun 2023
ABC News interview:
Reverse aging mogul discusses regimen as he strives for the biological age of an 18-year-old
Channel: ABC News
21 nov 2023
Jay Shetty Podcast interview:
This Man Discovered How To REVERSE AGING & Make Himself 31 Years Younger (Data-Proven)
Channel: Jay Shetty Podcast
Jan 13, 2025
This Week in Startups interview:
Founder Bryan Johnson sold Braintree to build OS Fund & help humanity w/science
Channel: This Week in Startups
Sep 18, 2015
Articles and research papers (in order of appearance):
Wikipedia page for the Immortal Jellyfish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii
Scientific articles on the immortal jellyfish:
Yui Matsumoto, Stefano Piraino, Maria Pia Miglietta, Transcriptome Characterization of Reverse Development in Turritopsis dohrnii (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria), G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, Volume 9, Issue 12, 1 December 2019, Pages 4127–4138, https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400487
Kubota, Shin. “Repeating rejuvenation in Turritopsis, an immortal hydrozoan (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa).” (2011).
What people eat in the Blue Zones:
Buettner D, Skemp S. Blue Zones: Lessons From the World's Longest Lived. Am J Lifestyle Med. 2016 Jul 7;10(5):318-321. doi: 10.1177/1559827616637066. PMID: 30202288; PMCID: PMC6125071.
Longevity stats:
Chetty R, Stepner M, Abraham S, Lin S, Scuderi B, Turner N, Bergeron A, Cutler D. The Association Between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014. JAMA. 2016 Apr 26;315(16):1750-66. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.4226. Erratum in: JAMA. 2017 Jan 3;317(1):90. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.18691. PMID: 27063997; PMCID: PMC4866586.
Iron:
National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements
Iron Fact Sheet for Consumers
Updated: April 5, 2022
USDA Dietary Guidelines:
U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025. 9th Edition. December 2020.
Stats on fruit and vegetable intake and exercise:
Lee SH, Moore LV, Park S, Harris DM, Blanck HM. Adults Meeting Fruit and Vegetable Intake Recommendations — United States, 2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2022;71:1–9.
CDC. National Center for Health Statistics
Exercise/Physical Activity
Last Reviewed: September 24, 2024
CNN report on Bryan’s wealth
Meet the man who is trying not to die
CNN Business
N.D.
Why diversity in clinical trials matters:
‘We’re not a world of men – it's as simple as that’: how gender diversity in clinical trials improves health outcomes for women
GSK
06 March 2023
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Policy and Global Affairs; Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine; Committee on Improving the Representation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Clinical Trials and Research; Bibbins-Domingo K, Helman A, editors. Improving Representation in Clinical Trials and Research: Building Research Equity for Women and Underrepresented Groups. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2022 May 17. 2, Why Diverse Representation in Clinical Research Matters and the Current State of Representation within the Clinical Research Ecosystem. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK584396/
Longest lived person:
Link to Wikipedia article about Jeanne Calment
Health and wealth disparities in the United States:
Arias E, Kochanek KD, Xu JQ, Tejada-Vera B. Provisional life expectancy estimates for 2022. Vital Statistics Rapid Release; no 31. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. November 2023. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:133703.
Nine Charts about Wealth Inequality in America
April 25, 2024
Native Americans have shorter life spans, and it's not just due to lack of health care
By Arielle Zionts
April 15, 2024 / KFF Health News
Why Native Americans Are Dying Sooner
Céline R. Gounder
October 5, 2022
The Black Progress Index
The Black Progress Index: Examining the social factors that influence Black well-being
Andre M. Perry and Jonathan Rothwell
September 2022
Hoyert DL. Maternal mortality rates in the United States, 2021. NCHS Health E-Stats. 2023.DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:124678.
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates from Prostate Cancer, by Race/ Ethnicity — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1999–2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:531. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6823a4.
Images:
Statue of Gilgamesh and Lamassu Custom
Microscope image of a scyphistoma polyp of the upsidedown jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana.
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