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American tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson had it all. Money, success, respect. The cars, the clothes, the Silicon Valley superstar lifestyle.But it had come at a cost. To both his body and mind. He realised that what he really wanted more than anything else – his health and his youth – were gone. Because it doesn’t matter how much money you have in the bank, nothing can stop the relentless march of Father Time.Or can it?Johnson decided to find out. So he began a multi-million-dollar one-man mission to create Blueprint, a rejuvenation and longevity protocol, designed not only to his stop his body from biologically ageing but to actually reverse the aging process to reclaim his lost youth.So what’s driving his desire? Is he just another lost soul in a long line of rich middle-aged men wasting their time and money on an exercise in vanity to look, feel and perform like a man half his age?Or is his ultimate ambition bigger than that? Is his a trans-generational goal, in which he solves the mysteries of aging and death that have captivated humanity since the dawn of time, so he can live forever in a state of eternal youth?If so, is Johnson ready for immortality? And what are the implications for his family? And, more importantly, what does his mission mean for you, and for your parents and your children, and for everyone you love and care about?In our exclusive conversation, Unfiltered editor-in-chief Joe Warner flew to meet Johnson at his LA home to discover exactly what drives someone to spend tens of millions of dollars of their own money on a seemingly impossible quest; how he copes with the avalanche of abuse, criticism and ridicule that hits him every time he shares a snapshot of his life online; and what his successes and failures will mean for every single one of us.For exclusive access to all Unfiltered's video interviews, features and documentaries visit https://unfilteredonline.com/Get in touch in the comments below or talk to us on:Email: editorial@unfilteredonline.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGSV7XVaBYUYq5YidLI12owInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unfiltered.extraTwitter: https://twitter.com/UnfilteredExtra

Dr Shawn Baker is used to criticism and controversy.That’s because the former orthopaedic surgeon actively courts it. It’s hard not to have a target on your back when you spend a significant part of your waking life preaching the life-extending qualities of eating nothing but red meat - or the so-called Carnivore Diet, which is the title of his globally best-selling book on the subject.He posts multiple times on social media - his Instagram and X accounts are a combination of videos of him tucking in to an enormous Flintstones-sized chargrilled steaks, anecdotes from people who claim they cured their ailments once they switched to an all-meat diet, and vegan-bating and -bashing memes that mock the ethical and environmental claims on the virtues of not eating meat and eschew the various benefits of eating vegetables. (Baker himself claims not to have eaten a single veggie for more than seven years, with no noticeable issues.)His posts, especially those on the benefits of meat, the inconsequence of fibre, and the harm of sugar and carbohydrates, have drawn ridicule from prominent and respected nutritional scientists, including fellow Unfiltered contributor Dr Layne Norton.Alongside other notable Carnivore diet advocates, including Paul “Carnivore MD” Saladino and the now-disgraced Liver King - whose claims that his incredible lean and ripped physique was down to following his set of ancestral tenets, including eating raw liver and testicles, was destroyed by email evidence of a $20,000-a-month steroids habit - have also happily courted controversy to attract attention from the social media algorithm to whip up real-world demand for their products and services. (Dr Baker doesn’t hold back on whether his carnivore collages have helped or hindered his mission to promote an all-meat diet as a therapeutic nutritional strategy.)But, as he reveals in an exclusive conversation with Unfiltered editor-in-chief Joe Warner, Dr Baker claims to be “six or seven million dollars” worse off since retiring from his lucrative career as an orthopaedic surgeon. The exact reason for his enforced retirement, having first been struck off by the New Mexico state medical board, is also covered in our conversation.In a honest and wide-ranging interview, Dr Baker also offers nuance around some of his more outspoken public statements on the carnivore diet, admitting it’s not an approach for everyone, and why he only ever suggests is a therapeutic option for people struggling to solve existing medical conditions through more established routes, include pharmacology and surgery.He also explains why he thinks so many of his biggest fans have an inherent distrust in the establishment, with a huge overlap in carnivore diet advocates and far right, anti-vaccine and conspiracy theory groups and movements.For exclusive access to all Unfiltered's video interviews, features and documentaries visit https://unfilteredonline.com/Get in touch in the comments below or talk to us on:Email: editorial@unfilteredonline.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGSV7XVaBYUYq5YidLI12owInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unfiltered.extraTwitter: https://twitter.com/UnfilteredExtra

Since opening his first gym in the City of London in 2008, UltimatePerformance founder and CEO Nick Mitchell has built the world’s first - and only - global personal training gym business, with more than 20 facilities and 550 staff across four continents.From the outside, success can seem to come easy. But in that time those close to him have witnessed his relentless determination and seen the extraordinary lengths, and countless sacrifices, he has made to turn his dream into a reality.But from where does his drive and desire come? Has he always believed that he could achieve anything on which he set his head and heart? And has he ever wavered from his conviction that taking the road less travelled is the surest path to success?In an exclusive Unfiltered conversation, editor-in-chief Joe Warner flew to Los Angeles to find out about Nick’s younger life, the experiences and role models that forged the man he became, the invaluable life lessons he learned from first building his body and then building a global business, and his hopes and fears for the future.For exclusive access to all Unfiltered's video interviews, features and documentaries visit https://unfilteredonline.com/Get in touch in the comments below or talk to us on:Email: editorial@unfilteredonline.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGSV7XVaBYUYq5YidLI12owInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unfiltered.extraTwitter: https://twitter.com/UnfilteredExtra