Liver King

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Liver King
Born
Brian Johnson

1976or1977(age 46–47) [1]
Years active2021–present
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Followers5.7 million
Likes105.2 million
Last updated: 17 March 2024
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Total views66.6 million
Last updated: 17 March 2024

Brian Johnson, known by his online alias Liver King, is an American fitness social media influencer and businessman. [2] [3] He is known for promoting what he calls an "ancestral lifestyle", which includes eating large amounts of raw unprocessed organs and meat focusing on a daily intake of liver. [4] His dietary advice has been criticized by nutritionists for promoting potentially dangerous misinformation. [2] [5] [4]

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Johnson's lifestyle is based around nine "ancestral tenets". [6] He had denied having used steroids to achieve his physique until 2022, after which a leak of private e-mails revealed that he had spent over $11,000 a month on anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. He then apologized for his conduct on a YouTube video. [7] [8]

Early life

Johnson was born in 1976or1977. [1] Prior to his career as an influencer, Johnson worked supporting his wife's dental practice. [9]

Career

Johnson owns a dietary supplement company, Heart & Soil, together with fellow influencer Paul Saladino. [10]

Controversy

Johnson's dietary recommendation of eating raw meat has been criticized as dangerous, due to the associated risk of bacterial infection from its consumption. [2] The meat-rich diet Johnson recommends is high in saturated fat, which is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and high cholesterol levels, and may also result in digestive issues. [2] [5]

Despite repeatedly denying having ever used anabolic steroids to attain his physique, it was revealed in late 2022 that he regularly used multiple drugs, including synthetic IGF1 and testosterone, and spent $11,000 on pharmaceuticals a month. [11] After emails showing his use of steroids and hormones came to light, Johnson made a video in which he admitted to taking around 120 mg of testosterone per week and apologized for misleading his viewers about his "pharmacological intervention", while also adding that there is "a time and place" for such interventions to be made. [12]

In the aftermath of the revelations, some of Johnson's followers filed a lawsuit, accusing Johnson of deception and demanding $25 million in compensation. [13] The lawsuit was later discontinued. [14]

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