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A VEGAN influencer is feared to have died of starvation after attempting to live on a fruit only diet. Zhanna Samsonova, 39, previously told how she spent four years eating and drinking just fruits…

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You missed an important part of the headline "is feared to have..."

It says she caught a "cholera like" infection

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. It's The Sun and they put 'dies of starvation' in quotes. They are presenting rumors as facts (again).

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, thank you. Was very confused and I am relieved to find that eating food of any kind still does not cause the body to starve. Although honestly, in this damn timeline, i would just shrug at this point

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am relieved to find that eating food of any kind still does not cause the body to starve.

Except it does when you eat nothing but carbs and fiber with little to no fat and protein. You can be vegan all you want, but ignoring basic nutrition will always result in disaster.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

And

Zhanna's official cause of death has not been released yet, however.

Additionally she does look anorexic on some pictures, both things have nothing to do with being vegan, people are just pushing their hate by usings someone misfortune.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That could be deliberate to push a narrative against vegans.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, 100%. Look at the other replies to my comment and you can see people getting sucked into that narrative...

Ackshully.... vegans don't get all the essential nutrients to survive 🤡

If any of those boneheads actually read the article, it says she was eating sunflower seed sprouts which are a complete protein.

[–] WoahWoah 1 points 1 year ago

I think you're right, there's some of that, but there's also a healthy dose of "shit on the obnoxious influencer" narrative going on here too.