![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/vegan-influencer-dies-of-starvation-and-exhaustion-after-living-off-raw-fruit-diet/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_GEP_CHP_010823SLUG_9882JPG.jpg&description=Russian Zhanna Samsonova had been living in South-East Asia and eating an exclusively raw vegan diet consisting of "fruits, sunflower seed sprouts, fruit smoothies and juices" for the past five years A popular vegan influencer who ate an exotic fruit diet has "died of starvation and exhaustion" at just 39 years old. Russian Zhanna Samsonova had been living in South-East Asia eating an exclusively raw vegan diet consisting of "fruits, sunflower seed sprouts, fruit smoothies and juices" for the past five years. She was well known in the vegan community, posting under Zhanna D'Art on social media, for promoting a raw food diet to her millions of viewers. Her friends said her eating habits had become worryingly restrictive in the last few months of her life and she passed away on July 21 from a "cholera-like infection" exacerbated by "exhaustion of the body by a vegan diet", her mother Vera Samsonova told Russian newspaper Vechernyaya Kazan. Speaking with Newsflash, an unnamed friend of Zhanna said they saw her a few months ago in Sri Lanka "looking exhausted." The friend continued: "They sent her home to seek treatment. However, she ran away again. When I saw her in Phuket, I was horrified. I lived one floor above her and every day I feared finding her lifeless body in the morning. I convinced her to seek treatment, but she didn't make it." Another friend also claimed that for the past seven years, one of her favourite foods was durian, a spiky fruit known for its pungent smell, Time News reported. "I see my body and mind transform every day", Zhanna said when describing her restrictive eating regimen. She continued: "I love my new me, and never move on to the habits that I used to use." She also once wrote: "I eat simple food, although I have a lot of experience as a raw food chef. I love creating my own recipes and inspiring people to eat healthier." A raw food diet can have multiple health benefits including weight loss, improved heart health and a lower risk of dia){kind=link}
Russian Zhanna Samsonova had been living in South-East Asia and eating an exclusively raw vegan diet consisting of “fruits, sunflower seed sprouts, fruit smoothies and juices” for the past five years
A popular vegan influencer who ate an exotic fruit diet has “died of starvation and exhaustion” at just 39 years old.
Russian Zhanna Samsonova had been living in South-East Asia eating an exclusively raw vegan diet consisting of “fruits, sunflower seed sprouts, fruit smoothies and juices” for the past five years. She was well known in the vegan community, posting under Zhanna D’Art on social media, for promoting a raw food diet to her millions of viewers.
Her friends said her eating habits had become worryingly restrictive in the last few months of her life and she passed away on July 21 from a “cholera-like infection” exacerbated by “exhaustion of the body by a vegan diet”, her mother Vera Samsonova told Russian newspaper Vechernyaya Kazan. Speaking with Newsflash, an unnamed friend of Zhanna said they saw her a few months ago in Sri Lanka “looking exhausted.”
The friend continued: “They sent her home to seek treatment. However, she ran away again. When I saw her in Phuket, I was horrified. I lived one floor above her and every day I feared finding her lifeless body in the morning. I convinced her to seek treatment, but she didn’t make it.” Another friend also claimed that for the past seven years, one of her favourite foods was durian, a spiky fruit known for its pungent smell, Time News reported.