US millionaire Bryan Johnson (L) and yoga guru Baba Ramdev (R).
Credit: X/@bryan_johnson, @yogrishiramdev
US millionaire Bryan Johnson (47) who is known for research on anti-ageing, advocating for age reversal, and care and treatments for the same has claimed that he was blocked by Baba Ramdev on X (formely known as Twitter) after he commented on a video shared by the yoga guru promoting his brand Patanjali's anti-ageing products.
The video which was shared by Ramdev on Tuesday (February 18) afternoon showed him running alongside a horse while promoting his products Swarna Shilajit and Immunogrit Gold.
The video which received over one million views, was shared along with a caption which read, "Ghode ki tarah tez daudne ki taakat, strong immunity, anti-ageing aur power chahiye toh Swarna Shilajit avam Immunogrit Gold khaaiye (If you want to run like a horse, build strong immunity, and boost anti-ageing, consume Swarna Shilajit and Immunogrit Gold)."
Ramdev allegedly blocked Bryan after the entrepreneur commented on the yoga guru's video hgihlighting air quality issues in Haridwar which happens to be Patanjali's headquarters.
Bryan commented on Ramdev's video saying, "Air quality in Haridwar right now is PM₂.₅ 36 µg/m³ which is equal to smoking 1.6 cigarettes a day. This raises risks of heart disease by 40–50%, lung cancer by 3x, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and early death (5–7 years lost)."
The US millionaire later on February 19 shared an update on X saying that Ramdev had hid his comment and blocked him on X.
He shared a screenshot picture of Ramdev's video post and wrote, "I replied with this comment, and he hid it and blocked me: 'Air quality in Haridwar right now is PM₂.₅ 36 µg/m³ which is equal to smoking 1.6 cigarettes a day. This raises risks of heart disease by 40–50%, lung cancer by 3x, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and early death (5–7 years lost)'."
Bryan recently made headlines when he was in India and was invited for a podcast show with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath.
Bryan left the podcast mid-way citing bad air-quality in India and later justified the reason for his early departure.
In a post on X he wrote, "When in India, I did end this podcast early due to the bad air quality. @nikhilkamathcio was a gracious host and we were having a great time. The problem was that the room we were in circulated outside air which made the air purifier I'd brought with me ineffective. Inside, the AQI was 130 and PM2.5 was 75 µg/m³, which is equal to smoking 3.4 cigarettes for 24 hours of exposure."
He explained that the AQI inside the room was "130 and PM2.5 was 75 µg/m³, which is equal to smoking 3.4 cigarettes for 24 hours of exposure."
"Air pollution has been so normalised in India that no one even notices anymore despite the science of its negative effects being well known. People would be outside running. Babies and small children exposed from birth. No one wore a mask which can significantly decrease exposure. It was so confusing. I am unsure why India's leaders do not make air quality a national emergency. I don't know what interests, money and power keep things the way they are but it's really bad for the entire country," Bryan added.
Johnson also questioned the leaders of India for "not making air quality a national emergency".