Popular vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova, popularly known as Zhanna D’Art, died of starvation in a Malaysian hospital on July 21 at the age of 39.

Last Updated on 08/06/2023 by てんしょく飯

According to DailyMail, Zhanna was a vegan influencer from Russia who currently has about 30,000 followers on Instagram; she had been traveling around Asia for 17 years and recently passed away in Malaysia while there.

She lived for about seven years eating only durian and jackfruit.

 

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She followed a completely vegan diet with no heat treatment, and for at least four years she ate only “fruit, sunflower sprouts, fruit smoothies, and juice,” and had not had water in the last six years. She also frequently fasted without water, calling it “dry fasting”. According to one friend, she lived for about seven years eating only durian and jackfruit.

Her mother, Zara, told the Russian website 116RU.com that this diet caused a cholera-like infection that led to her death. Before her death, Zara and her friends were concerned about Janna’s health and advised her to change her diet and seek medical help, but she never listened.