What My Longevity Protocol Costs at 71: Every Dollar

It is a fair question to ask about any of this: what does it all cost?

I publish every supplement, every test and every habit I use to try to reach 200. If I am going to show you the protocol, I should show you the bill too. So here it is, pulled straight from the same sheet that runs my protocol page.

The Short Answer

My daily protocol costs about $51.93 a day. That is roughly $1,580 a month and $18,954 a year.

Add my blood testing, my one-time costs like the DNA test, the full body MRI and my gear, and the longevity mastermind I belong to, and my first year comes to about $71,100.

That number sounds big. Before you close the tab, look at how it breaks down. Most of it is one line, and the daily basics cost a lot less than you would think.

Supplements: $1,099.26 a Month

This is the biggest single piece. Every pill, gummy, liquid and powder I take, morning and night, runs about $36.14 a day, or $13,191 a year.

This number includes what goes into my coffee: the creatine, the MCT oil, the Qitone in my fourth cup at 63 cents (code Gary15 takes 15% off) and the Blueprint cocoa in my first at $1.31. It also includes the VINIA Blood Flow Hydration electrolytes I drink every morning. The Qitone, cocoa and VINIA links are affiliate links. I earn a small commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you.

The full list, with every dose, is in what I take every day.

My Daily Shake: $234.82 a Month

Greens, berries, avocado, sprouts, collagen, protein powder, spirulina, fresh ginger and turmeric root. About $7.72 a day, or $2,818 a year.

Protein powder is the biggest line at $2.13. Most of the rest is produce at 25 to 50 cents a serving.

Food and Coffee: $245.46 a Month

The coffee itself is four cups of Danger Coffee a day. A bag runs about $27, which works out to about 87 cents a cup, or $3.49 a day.

Then there are the foods I add on purpose: lemon for my morning water, matcha, walnuts, pecans, macadamias, pistachios, pumpkin seeds, a can of sardines, and a kiwi at night.

Altogether that is $8.07 a day, or about $2,946 a year. The coffee is the biggest piece, then the sardines at $1.66 and the kiwi at $1.20.

Testing: $400 a Year for Blood Work

I do a Function Health blood panel every six months. Each one is $400, so that is $800 a year.

This is the part I would keep if I had to cut everything else. Without the numbers, I am guessing. With them, I can see what is working and what is not. You can see every result on my blood test page.

A One-Time DNA Test: $400

I also did a whole genome test once, for $400. Unlike blood work, your genes do not change, so this is a one-time cost. It told me what I was dealt, and my blood tests tell me what I am doing with it.

A $3,099 Full Body MRI

I had a full body MRI on September 24. It cost $3,099, paid in cash, because the place takes no insurance.

That is a one-time cost too. It is the most expensive test on this list, and I will publish what it finds.

One-Time Gear: About $1,345

Then there is the gear. I bought each of these once, and I use them every day. These are about what they cost today. The links below are affiliate links. I earn a small commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you.

Ultrahuman Ring: about $349
GroundLuxe grounding sheet set: about $304
Vibration plate: about $200
Hume Body Pod scale: about $200
TrueDark glasses: about $159
Loop earplugs: about $45
Jawzrsize: about $45
Pill organizer: about $19
Blackout sleep mask: about $18
Grip trainer: about $6

That comes to about $1,345. The ring and the sheets are the big ones. The grip trainer, which tests something that predicts how long you live, costs less than a sandwich. Every one of these is on my toolkit page.

Community and Education:

I also paid $1,500, one time, for training on how to run a mastermind of my own.

What It Really Adds Up To

Here is the whole thing in one place:

Supplements: $1,099.26 a month
Daily shake: $234.82 a month
Food and coffee: $245.46 a month
Daily protocol total: $1,579.54 a month, $18,954 a year
Blood testing: $800 a year
Whole genome DNA test: $400, one time
Full body MRI: $3,099, one time
Gear: about $1,345, one time
Mastermind training: $1,500, one time

About $6,300 of that is one-time spending. My first year comes to about $26,100.

Now the part that matters. About $480 of the monthly number is food and drink: coffee, produce, nuts, sardines. I would be buying groceries anyway. So the true extra cost of chasing 200 is well under the headline number.

You Do Not Need Any of This to Start

Here is the most important paragraph in this post. You do not need to buy all of this. The cheap things do most of the work. Drink more water. Walk every day. Lift something heavy a few times a week. Get to bed on time, in a dark room. Add a few basic supplements like creatine and magnesium. That costs almost nothing, and it is where most of the benefit is. Everything else on my list is me pushing for the last few percent, because I am trying to reach 200.

If you do want to try something here, test before you buy. A blood panel tells you what you are actually low on, so you are not paying for things you do not need. And use the discounts. I keep every code and deal I have on my discount codes page.

Want to see the rest of what I do? Here is my full protocol list, my fitness routine, and every biomarker I track.

Live long and prosper,

Gary

A note from Gary: I am not a doctor, and I am definitely not your doctor. I am a 71-year-old running a 129-year experiment on myself and publishing the results as they come. Talk to your physician before changing anything about your own health.