Zhanna Samsonova Vegan Raw Food Influencer Dies Of Starvation
A 39-year-old vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova died of starvation, as per a New York Post report.
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The Russian national had been vegan and only consumed raw foods for the past 10 years.
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As per local media reports, she died on July 21 while seeking medical treatment while touring Southeast Asia.
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Zhanna went by Zhanna D'Art on her social media accounts, where she regularly campaigned for a vegan lifestyle.
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"A few months ago, in Sri Lanka, she already looked exhausted, with swollen legs oozing lymph," one friend told Newsflash.
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"They sent her home to seek treatment. However, she ran away again. When I saw her in Phuket, I was horrified."
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Zhanna's mother stated that her daughter died of a "cholera-like infection."
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Her mother told Vechernyaya Kazan that she believed that her daughter had succumbed to exhaustion and the stress placed on her body by an all-vegan diet.
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According to New York Post, a close friend said that for the last seven years, the influencer had only eaten the giant, sweet jackfruit and durian, a spiky fruit known for its noxious odour.