Author: Rebecca Bellan

In the same way that genome sequencing determines the genetic makeup of an organism, Bryan Johnson — the investor and founder behind the Don’t Die movement — wants to start “foodome” sequencing.  “We’re going to sequence the U.S. ‘foodome,’ which means test 20% of foods that constitute 80% of the American diet based on stuff we eat everyday,” Johnson said Thursday at the SXSW festival in Austin.  Johnson is the founder and former CEO of Kernel, a brain monitoring device company, the founder of OS Fund, and the founder and former CEO of e-commerce company Braintree.  Today, he’s obsessed with…