Bryan Johnson, a biohacker and longevity guru who has claimed "we may be the first generation who won’t die," revealed he has an autoimmune condition causing his stomach to "eat itself."The Los Angeles-based tech entrepreneur, 48, has previously shared publicly that he is hoping to live until the year 2140, when he would in theory be 160 years old.Now, Johnson says he has been diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis (AIG), a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the stomach's acid-producing parietal cells, reducing stomach acid and impairing vitamin B12 absorption, according to Nature Reviews Disease Primers.HOW A 93-YEAR-OLD SOCCER REFEREE CREDITS WARTIME RATIONS AND DISCIPLINE FOR HIS LONGEVITY"My stomach is eating itself," he wrote in an Instagram post.Johnson also shared that anywhere from 2% to 5% of people likely have this disease."I’m going to try to solve it," Johnson went on.
"Will share all."Bryan Johnson, a biohacker and longevity guru who has claimed "we may be the first generation who won’t die," revealed he has an autoimmune condition causing his stomach to "eat itself." (Getty Images)The biohacker shared that as a child, he ate sugary cereal, drank sugary soda and "gobbled down fast food.""I became a young father of three and began building a business," Johnson went on."Juggling that stress and grind, I let my health slip and gained 40 lbs.
Within a few years I’d fallen into a deep, chronic depression."DOCTORS SAY 8 FORGOTTEN HABITS COULD HELP FIGHT STRESS, OBESITY AND CHRONIC DISEASE"Somewhere in that timeline, my body began developing an autoimmune process affecting my thyroid and then my stomach lining," he added.Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson for comment.AIG can remain hidden and can be challenging to diagnose, Johnson noted, often surfacing years after damage has already occurred to the stomach.It can cause iron deficiency, B12 deficiency and anemia, and can also increase the risk of stomach cancer, the exp...