Im 63 but compete with men half my age at the gym I take 50 supplements every morning

It’s a hard pill — or 50 — to swallow.Bahram Akradi, the 63-year-old CEO of Life Time health clubs, says he’s in such great shape that he goes toe-to-toe with men half hid age at the gym, and that’s due in part to his extreme supplement regimen.Akradi recently admitted to taking 45 to 50 pills every morning, but he’s not exactly loading up his cart at his local pharmacy.“At 63, I’m competing with 33-year-olds,” he told Business Insider.“They say, ‘Tell me what you’re taking,’ and I’m like, ‘Well, what I’m taking is customized to me.You don’t need to be taking what I’m taking,'” he said.For the past decade and a half, Akradi said, he’s been getting blood work done every 120 days — then, based on the results, he adjusts his supplement intake.He has those supplements custom-made to include compounds of what he needs, whether that’s more zinc or less iron.There are quite a few companies that create custom supplement packages and usually sell them in subscriptions, though most of them rely on a health and lifestyle quiz to select the ingredients.Akradi, meanwhile, has his own longevity clinic, Moira, that opened last year near in Minneapolis.

Signing up includes creating a “metabolic profile,” which tackles everything from vitamins and minerals to hormones to blood sugar.Hyper-personalized healthcare has become quite trendy — for those who can afford it.Biohacker Bryan Johnson famously spends $2 million a year in the pursuit of aging backwards.He, too, loads up on supplements: His morning routine alone includes 91 of them.Among his go-tos are Vitamin C (for tissue growth and repair), cocoa flavanols (to boost brain and heart health), garlic (for cholesterol and immunity) and ashwagandha (for stress relief and lowering blood pressure).According to his Netflix documentary “Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever,” he also takes CoQ10, lycopene, turmeric, taurine, and several vitamins.

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