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The cause of death is supposed to be starvation. Her friends and family reported that she was starving due to an exclusive diet of exotic fruit in Malaysia.
Local media stated that she asked for medical treatment during her Southeast Asia tour and died on 21 July.
Several months earlier, she was already showing signs of exhaustion while in Sri Lanka. Her feet were swollen with lymph.
Her friends asked her to seek medical help. But she still continued her strict diet.
Samsonova has been on a raw vegan diet for the last four years, especially fruit, sunflower seed sprouts, fruit smoothies, and juices.
Her journey with raw food is motivated by her want to keep her youth.
as mentioned by Healthline.
A recent study published in the Journal of Nutrition found that 100% of participants on a raw vegan diet had bad input of Vitamin B12.
Despite her diet, some of Samsonova's followers refuse to believe it. They said that the chemicals in the fruit she ate were caused by her death.
Unfortunately, Zhanna D'Art is not the first person to be a victim of the effects of a raw food diet.
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