Brooke Burke's biohacking routine explained trends now

When you think of hacking, you probably think of computers, bank accounts or social media profiles.

But an increasing number of celebrities and tech moguls are promoting 'biohacking' - overriding one's natural aging process in the quest for eternal youth.

Biohacking is an umbrella term that encompasses many techniques — for some it could involve fasting, ice baths or a rigorous supplement routine.

For the more hardcore followers - especially those with deep pockets - it involves more invasive procedures, such as injecting modified DNA, using devices that alter brainwaves to get better sleep, and inserting microchips under the skin to store password information. 

An increasing number of high-profile people have come out in favor of biohacking , including 51-year-old actress Brooke Burke, who barely seems to have aged in the past few decades.

She revealed this week she follows a yoga and exercise regime as well as meditation, red light therapy, vision workshops, crystal sound bath healing, breathwork and more. 

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, football legend Tom Brady, and tech tycoon Bryan Johnson have all appeared to defy aging by following biohacking techniques.

Jeff Bezos, who has undergone a miraculous physical transformation in recent years, is rumored to be a biohacking devotee 

IV vitamin drips are also growing in popularity. A-listers from Adele to the Kardashians are rumored to use them to reboot energy levels, beat hangovers and boost immune systems. 

The idea that the rich and famous are looking for ways to look young and beautiful forever is not a new one. 

Not too long ago, biohacking methods seemed like far-off science fiction. 

For instance, in the weeks following the death of Walt Disney in 1966, a rumor that he had been suspended in a cryonic chamber containing liquid nitrogen to be revived at a later date captured the imagination of millions.

But methods such as cryogenic freezing, IV vitamin drips, and implantable devices are all evidence that technology is catching up with humans' hunt for the fountain of youth, according to Dr Richard Faragher, an expert in the biology of aging at the University of Brighton.

He told DailyMail.com: 'We’re now starting to be in a position where we are beginning to attack the causes of aging.

‘A lot of this at the core is, are you able to integrate insights from the scientific literature around aging into your lifestyle.’

The term 'biohacking' has been around since the 1980s but it really took off after the human genome had been fully sequenced in 2002. At that time, do-it-yourself biologists beganworking with materials that would normally be constrained to a lab setting. It became a hot topic in Silicon Valley a few years later and has since spread like wildfire.

The advent of technology to slow the aging process has been largely democratized by eager amateurs diving in, including former NASA employee Josiah Zayner who injected himself with gene-edited DNA to enhance the muscle cells in his forearm.

Biohacking is also sometimes known as human augmentation, human enhancement, or do-it-yourself biology. It sets out to improve overall physical health and optimize performance outside the realm of traditional medicine. 

The underlying philosophy is a refusal to accept the body’s physical limitations and shortcomings.

But it has raised hefty concerns around access and ethics. There is relatively little oversight of the more futuristic forms of biohacking.

The federal government explicitly bans government money from going toward human germline gene therapy, which involves altering the specific genes of an egg, sperm cell, or early embryo. But there is no ban on performing it. 

A private lab or even a person’s garage is a fair setting for gene editing research, as long as they don’t sell the technology to others.

Among the more invasive methods of biohacking is

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