A Russian woman who was a vegan influencer reportedly “died of starvation”. 39-year-old Zhanna Samsonova hailed from Phuket, Thailand.
Her mother said that for the last four years, Samsonova was on a “completely raw vegan diet”, with just “fruits, sunflower seed sprouts, fruit smoothies and juices”. As per the reports by Newsflash, she died due to “cholera-like infection”.
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One of her friend said that when she met Samsonova in Sri Lanka a few months ago, she “already looked exhausted, with swollen legs oozing lymph”.
“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," the New York Post report quoted.
In September last year, in an Instagram post, Samsonova said she switched to a fully fruit-based-low-fat diet, known as the 80/10/10 diet, five years ago. “My mood is better, my mind clearer, I have more energy, easier to sleep, easier to wake up, I feel more stable emotionally,” she had claimed.
She was regular in sharing images of vegan pizza, burgers and pastries on social media. Along with it she also conducted online culinary classes to share recipes of her vegan dishes.
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