‘I don’t care about living forever’ – Meet the superstar doctor who charges €15,000 to show you how to live to 120

'It’s important to get people to follow a diet that’s going to activate what I call the longevity switches,' says physician and longevity expert Dr Mark Hyman. Photo: Getty

William Hosie
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Mark Hyman and I are five minutes into our chat when he picks up the phone from a fellow doctor. “Hi Eva,” he says, scurrying off. “I have to take this”. He reappears 10 minutes later.

The superstar doctor is running a seven-day retreat at the Six Senses in Ibiza: the Young Forever programme, €15,000 a head. He’s busy. He’s thriving. I feel lucky to catch him at all.