Top longevity competitors lowered their estimated biological age scores by a combined 62 years. Here's how they stay healthy.
The Longevity World Cup is a competition that rewards participants for reducing their biological age as measured by blood markers like PhenoAge. While winners claim significant age reduction, experts warn that these scores are statistical estimates rather than definitive biological measurements.
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The rise of 'longevity hacking' reflects growing public interest in life-extension science, though it remains a controversial and scientifically debated field.
Business Insider Adam Ficsor founded the Longevity World Cup, a competition that ranks biological age reduction. Mike Lustgarten won last year's competition, reducing his estimated PhenoAge by 22.1 years. We spoke to Lustgarten and two other finalists about their habits, diet, and what keeps them healthy. Most longevity enthusiasts are trying to slow aging, but Adam Ficsor wants to outrun it. The software engineer and Bitcoin developer says humanity could eventually reach " longevity escape velocity, " where advances in medicine extend healthy life faster than people age. "I am talking about literally not dying," he told Business Insider for an episode of its video series " The Limit. " To that end, he founded the Longevity World Cup, a competition that ranks who can wind back their biological clock the most. The inaugural event announced its first winners in January, awarding about $4,000 in Bitcoin-funded prize money.
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