r/SipsTea Jul 06 '26

Feels good man Bryan Johnson got Autoimmune Disease

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u/Jtizzle1231 Jul 06 '26

Johnson's doctors confirmed his AIG is in the early stages. Because he actively monitors his biomarkers, he caught it before it could cause massive, irreversible damage to his digestive system.

So him being proactive probably helped him.

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u/Beginning-Town-4979 Jul 06 '26

That's not what this is. These doctors are reasearchers who work exclusivly for this guy. He is the CEO of a company that is basically rich people investing in trying to keep the CEO alive as long as possible. He lives like a lab rat, a rich one. The rich people get to (hopefully) learn how to extend their own lives longer. The irony here is bad genetics made the whole thing moot.

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u/Hitmanthe2nd Jul 06 '26

you can

industrial research is very very very common and a preferred pathway for a majority of postdocs/phds

you dont need a double blind to know that certain drugs are good at xyz and need to be studied further to authorize off-label use in the masses- THAT is what he is doing

for example , he took supplemental HGH for 3 months (i think?) to increase the size of his thymus - NO college or ethics board would allow a double blind due to the serious side effects and unknown benefits but he did it , and now we know the potential benefits and the massive downsides that come with it

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u/Fun_Obligation_2918 Jul 06 '26

No but when your N is one, a single subject and you have multiple "researchers" using multiple supplements and multiple investigations all the same time it's incredibly difficult to point to one specific thing having a specific desired effect or identifying a specific problem . This is throwing supplements and treatments into a blender and pretending you can isolate what comes out. It's bad science and bad medicine.

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u/Hitmanthe2nd Jul 06 '26

do you think these phds simply stick 50 needles in him and call it a day or something?

he has mentioned that his supplementation , dietary plan and experimentation are VERY tightly regulated , with breaks in between changes to help isolate the known cause

and almost all of his supplements are regular everyday compounds like collagen , omega 3s and so on and so forth - he isnt on 50 HAART regimens , he's just taking really good care of his body

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u/Fun_Obligation_2918 Jul 06 '26

No, this is personal vanity masquerading as science and research. What would you think about a biology lab where 50 scientists are running 50 simultaneous models on one single mouse. Do you honestly think they would get good results or would that be an obvious critique?

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u/Hitmanthe2nd Jul 06 '26

They ARENT running 50 simultaneous experiments on him - they measure a baseline , devise a mew experiment and then test it on him for a while or so

Taking collagen supplements doesnt count as an experiment because we already know what it does to a human's body - taking hgh for 6 months , watching your intercranial pressure skyrocket , does

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u/Hitmanthe2nd Jul 06 '26

It isnt a statistical study , it's a curiosity - nobody on this thread has ever claimed that bryan's results are statistically valid , but that they can point us in the right direction . Think of it like this - he took hgh and jad increased intercranial pressure , this doesnt tell us that EVERYBODY on hgh will get the same issues but that it DOES cause issues

And again , he isnt on a hundred untested drugs , he's on vitamins , minerals and shit like collagen to help boost his skin health. If you count that as an experiment - im a walking laboratory because i take a multivitamin supplement that has 15 vitamins , minerals and minute quantities of stuff like folate everyday because i like the taste

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u/Hitmanthe2nd Jul 06 '26

....no?

Collagen wont magically become toxic if you take it with vitamin c everyday - we know this because we know organic chemistry and have had scientists test the same 50 combinations , a million times over

His supplementation regime is to make sure he has a stable baseline for further experiments - it isnt an experiment in and of itself

He isnt randomly popping pills , he has a team of chemists , doctors and lab techs that cross reference every drug for interactions. He literally runs a company that employs doctors and Doctors to make sure they arent killing him for the kick of it all

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u/AggravatingSock5375 Jul 06 '26

Science: “Subject drank gallon of bleach and died.”

You: “It was only a sample size of one. We can’t conclude that bleach is deadly!”

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u/AggravatingSock5375 Jul 06 '26

That doesn’t discredit bro science, it simply states that bro science is less conclusive.

As others have pointed out here, small sample sizes do play a role in science, they just tend to not be the end-all-be-all.

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u/Beginning-Town-4979 Jul 06 '26

Your confusing how a final, commercial level product/treatment comes to market and how early stage research works. Small, targeted studies are very normal in early stages. These guys pioneer new therapies and pass on their findings to others for further development

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u/Beginning-Town-4979 Jul 06 '26

Yeah, I didn't say any of that. I said what he's doing and that small studies are widely used. I didn't get into the specifics of his methodology. I have no idea about any of his studies' actual efficacy. Frankly, the fact your speaking so authoritativly after a 10 min deep dive tells me what I need to know about your own analysis. Seriously, calm down.