Jesse Eisenberg on the insane wellness trends he thinks are just narcissism masquerading as health

It’s safe to say most people would like to live as long as possible — but Jesse Eisenberg’s not buying the whole longevity moment.“To me, a lot of these things, when I read them, just seem like narcissism masquerading as health,” the “Social Network” star said at the second annual Men’s Health Lab on Tuesday.“It’s this feeling that ‘I should live forever‘… To me, it’s just insane,” he added, taking shots at a few trends in particular — and the people who are obsessed with them.Longevity products and services have taken hold of the wellness industry, with Forbes estimates the longevity-focused market will reach $610 billion this year.

As opposed to feeling or looking good today, the shift has been to focus on looking and feeling good over a lifetime.Folks like Bryan Johnson exemplify an extreme approach to this.A self-proclaimed “biohacker,” he believes with disciple and the right habits, he can cheat death.It’s not just getting enough sleep and eating whole foods.

He’s spent millions on medical interventions and testing to help him stay young, and said he wants to achieve immorality by 2039.He even named his book and Netflix documentary “Don’t Die.”Though Eisenberg doesn’t call him out by name, he’s unimpressed with the whole idea.“How could you see that people are starving in other places and decide that you need to go in a cold thing, and then a hot thing, so that your whatever is something different,” Eisenberg said.“To me, I read this stuff with just absolute mystification.”That “cold and hot thing” is probably contrast therapy, frequently done today by alternating between saunas and cold plunging.

Celebs like Hailey Bieber and Harry Styles, plus athletes like Naomi Osaka and Steph Curry, reportedly do it regularly.Research does point to the practice having some benefits for stress regulation, recovery and resilience — and sauna, in particular, has been linked to better brain function, s...