Bryan Johnson describes a DNA test from True Diagnostics that measures your aging rate using the Dunedin Pace clock from Duke University. A score above 1 means you're aging faster and have 54% higher risk of health problems. Unlike other aging clocks, this one actually responds to changes like caloric restriction.
When it comes to your rate of aging test. Can you talk a little bit about that? Because I've personally done at least four, and they're all measuring something different. But it seems like yours is probably the best. Actually, I want to do the one you're doing.
So this company, True Diagnostics, licensed this algorithm from Duke called the Danutin Pace. And so it's from New Zealand. It's a multi decade long longitudinal study, has high predictability with interventions. And so it's using DNA methylation, and it's responsive, for example, to caloric restriction and other things. But of the aging clocks that are out there, this one is compelling. You get a single number in response to a finger prick, and that single number is, how fast are you aging? And even being over number one, it increases your chance of a negative health effect by 54%. And so it's really significant.
