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Vegan influencer Zhanna D'Art 'dies of starvation and exhaustion' after switching to restrictive tropical fruit diet
Daily Mail UK ^ | July 31, 2023 | Louise Allingham

Posted on 07/31/2023 11:52:07 PM PDT by Morgana

A vegan raw food influencer who lived on a diet of exotic fruit has reportedly died from starvation and exhaustion.

Zhanna Samsonova, originally from Russia, 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.

However her eating habits became worryingly restrictive in the last few months of her life according to her friends.

The 40-year-old, known as Zhanna D'Art online, passed away on July 21 reportedly from a 'cholera-like infection' exacerbated by 'exhaustion of the body by a vegan diet' her mother told Russian newspaper Vechernyaya Kazan.

Zhanna's official cause of death has not yet been determined as her family try to get her body back to Russia.

The food blogger's mum Vera Samsonova told local news outlets Zhanna was supposed to fly home to Kazan on the day of her death.

Vera did not approve of her daughter's extreme diet and tried to convince her to introduce more balanced eating habits but she refused.

Speaking with Newsflash, an anonymous friend of Zhanna claimed they saw Zhanna a few months ago in Sri Lanka 'looking exhausted'.

'They sent her home to seek treatment. However, she ran away again. When I saw her in Phuket, I was horrified,' they said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Morgana

You can’t fix stupid

The body needs protein. If one wants to be vegan they have to eat foods that can provide that. It’s not a small task

Essentially this woman starved to death


21 posted on 08/01/2023 1:59:59 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Morgana

Dear Influencer: There are quicker ways to die than schriveling up and dying. You win the vegan challenge.


22 posted on 08/01/2023 2:01:07 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: Brooklyn Attitude
The article didn’t say she had cholera. It said she had a “cholera-like infection”. Most likely a gut bacteria imbalance that caused sever diarrhea.
23 posted on 08/01/2023 2:51:40 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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To: Jonty30

I feel dumb.. I had to look that one up.


24 posted on 08/01/2023 3:09:46 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Drew68

That’s what the participants of Survivor are supposed to look like after ‘39 days’ (used to be) of ‘gameplay’.

Not that that ever happened...


25 posted on 08/01/2023 3:11:52 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: SaveFerris

Shame.. she was almost cute. She definitely looks much younger than she is/was.


26 posted on 08/01/2023 3:12:50 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: blackdog
I am starting to believe this is also part of population control 🤔
27 posted on 08/01/2023 3:15:01 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: b4me

I could see some person trying to exist on a fruit/smoothie diet, with occasional meth use to make you feel like you have some ‘energy’. But you’d be draining your body of calories.


28 posted on 08/01/2023 3:15:45 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: metmom


"influencer"


Back in the day, didn't that have something to do with 'influencing to use drugs'?
29 posted on 08/01/2023 3:16:05 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Darksheare
We've had plenty of 'disrupters' (🤪) to replace them.
30 posted on 08/01/2023 3:18:25 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: 2nd Amendment

Heck, that’s the magic elixir of life! I wholeheartedly support it!


31 posted on 08/01/2023 3:20:03 AM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: SaveFerris
You need to stop hauling your guns across the river in a boat.... 😜
32 posted on 08/01/2023 3:20:32 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Bikkuri

And it coincided with yet another oopsie with a girlfriend.

LOL ...... ouch


33 posted on 08/01/2023 3:32:36 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Bikkuri

She could have been a contender. But was influenced too much with the nonsense that she was selling to others.

A diet like that might work, for a time, if you’re stranded on a desert island.

But it is not a recipe (no pun intended) for long- nor even medium-survival. Missing way too many important nutrients.


34 posted on 08/01/2023 3:34:58 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Drew68

Needs a few cheeseburgers.


35 posted on 08/01/2023 3:35:20 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: EvilCapitalist; dfwgator

With tator tots, crispy onion rings and maybe a side order of gravy fries.

DFWGator gets his cue ... and ....... scene!!


36 posted on 08/01/2023 3:37:38 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Jack Lalanne ate a more balanced diet

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_LaLanne

He ate two meals a day and avoided snacks. His breakfast, after working out for two hours, consisted of hard-boiled egg whites, a cup of broth, oatmeal with soy milk, and seasonal fruit. For dinner, he and his wife typically ate raw vegetables, egg whites, and fish. He did not drink coffee.[5]


37 posted on 08/01/2023 3:42:57 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: metmom

No one decides who an influencer is other than how many followers/subscribers they have. The more followers ect they have, the more people they influence.

And as far as people who cared what the influencer had to say, you’d be surprised.


38 posted on 08/01/2023 3:46:46 AM PDT by This_Dude
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To: SauronOfMordor
Eggs are just such a great part of the diet. Especially fresh from the back yard. I'd eat more fish if I were a better fly fisherman but just don't have the patience for it more than once a month or so. The rainbows and salmon in the river here are pretty clean and free of PCBs.

With ocean fish and store bought salmon you the issue of mercury and so I won't eat it more than once a week.

39 posted on 08/01/2023 3:57:33 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Jyotishi

Humans are meat eaters. Vegans and other diet nut balls are anti-human. They’re a kind of tranny, people who deny reality.


40 posted on 08/01/2023 4:07:43 AM PDT by Varda
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