This budding Benjamin Button is spilling his secrets.
A 61-year-old who brags that he has a biological age of just under 38 is revealing how he’s hacked the aging process.
Dave Pascoe, who hails from Michigan, is a retired network-security engineer and a “full-time biohacker” devoted to turning back his genetic clock.
On his website, the age-defying singleton shares his elaborate exercise and diet plans, claiming that he takes a whopping 158 supplements per day.
“I don’t desire my healthspan to expire before my lifespan,” Pascoe has proclaimed.
“My aim is to make them as equal as possible. My expectation is to live at the very least to the age of 95 in terrific shape … if not well past the age of 110, God willing.”
Pascoe says he doesn’t set an alarm clock, and instead sleeps until he wakes naturally — although that’s usually before sunrise.
The biohacker then begins an exhaustive morning routine, starting with 15 minutes of floor stretches and five minutes on a mini trampoline.
He subsequently brushes his teeth and scrapes his tongue before waiting an hour to take 82 morning supplements, including calcium-D-glucarate and a vitamin D3 pill.
Next up, Pascoe seeks some sun exposure, getting outdoors for a brisk walk or run.
Additional exercise is also on the agenda, with the biohacker completing a vigorous P90X workout that focuses on resistance and weight training.
He then relaxes by having a schvitz in a sauna and doing up to 45 minutes of meditation.
To fuel his body, the sexagenarian has a workout supplement shake before a breakfast consisting of one green banana and a chia nut berry bowl.
However, Pascoe is flexible with his routines, saying: “If something should come up that would interfere with performing one or more of them, I don’t stress out about it. While it’s awesome to have good structure and discipline, some of the best things in life occur spontaneously!”
He adds: “My ‘me time’ is extremely important to me, so I schedule for it, but I will not pass on an opportunity to spend quality time with others. As a single guy who lives alone, I’ll trade that workout, sauna session or biohack for connected quality time, every time. A single day of missing a few routines will not kill me.”
As for the rest of his day, Pascoe notes that he rarely eats lunch. Instead, he tucks into dinner anywhere from 3 to 5 p.m.
The Michigander always opts for organic, grass-fed beef, free-range chicken or wild-caught fish.
He also loads up on a colorful variety of vegetables and regularly adds garlic, herbs and sauerkraut to his meals.
Interestingly, Pascoe doesn’t count calories, saying: “By limiting simple carbohydrates most of the time, I eat as much as I like without gaining weight and apparently without increasing my rate of aging.”
Like his famed fellow biohacker Bryan Johnson, Pascoe uses blue-blocking glasses to reduce his exposure to light while watching television or using his tablet.
Before heading to bed, he does balance and flexibility exercises and downs dozens more supplements (his full list is here).
Pascoe maintains his youthful visage with the help of skin serums and creams, which he applies before taking two scoops of collagen peptides.
Sleep comes, but not before Pascoe prays and makes a mental list of his daily blessings.
According to the retiree, his interest in biohacking isn’t breaking the bank, costing him just $30,000 per year for all his supplements and skin care products.
That’s far less than Johnson, who recently made headlines for saying he spends $2 million every year in the hot pursuit of youth.
Johnson, 46, boasts that he has the heart of a 37-year-old, the skin of a 28-year-old and the lung capacity and fitness of an 18-year-old.
