https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/real-life/article-12358835/Vegan-influencer-Z...Vegan influencer Zhanna D'Art 'dies of starvation and exhaustion'
in Malaysia after switching to an 'extreme' tropical fruit diet
Influencer, whose name is Zhanna Samsonova, apparently died of 'starvation'
Samsonova, originally from Russia, ate a strict diet of raw foods and fruit
Food influencer Zhanna Samsonova (pictured) who ate a strict raw food vegan diet
allegedly died of 'starvation and exhaustion' on July 21
By Louise Allingham For Daily Mail Australia and Rachael Bunyan
Updated: 20:24 AEST, 2 August 2023
A vegan raw food influencer who lived on an 'extreme' diet of exotic fruit has reportedly died from starvation and exhaustion.
Zhanna Samsonova, originally from Russia and known as Zhanna D'Art on social media, had been on the raw plant-based diet for ten years that consisted of fruits, sunflower seed sprouts, fruit smoothies and juices.
There were also periods when the
39-year-old would practice 'dry fasting' - where she would refuse to eat or drink anything for days.
Ms Samsonova, who hadn't drunk water for more than six years and instead replaced it with fruit and vegetable juices,
died on July 21 in Malaysia. The influencer, who had over 10,000 Instagram followers and had been travelling across Asia for the past 17 years, reportedly died from a cholera-like infection that was exacerbated by her extreme restrictive eating, her mother told Russian newspaper Vechernyaya Kazan.
Ms Samsonova's official cause of death has not yet been determined as her family try to get her body back to Russia amid bureaucratic delays.
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