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Raw vegan diets are very low in protein, calcium, Vitamin D and vitamin B12, which can result in anaemia, nervous system damage, infertility and heart disease. In the absence of fats from the diet, fat-soluble vitamins won’t get absorbed by the body, says Ritika Samaddar, Regional Head, Nutrition And Dietetics, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi
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This case should serve as a cautionary note among those who are into extreme fad diets and end up trusting social media advisories over basic nutritional logic. Vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova, who has consistently been promoting raw foods on social media, has reportedly “died of starvation” after living off a jackfruit diet, according to a report in New York Post, which quoted friends and family.
Most would have known the 39-year-old influencer from her handle Zhanna D’Art, and many users had already noticed how she was progressively getting emaciated in her posts. Though she finally died during a tour in Southeast Asia, a close friend quoted by the New York Post said she had “swollen legs oozing lymph. They sent her home to seek treatment. However, she ran away again. When I saw her in Phuket, I was horrified.” Samsonova’s mother said she succumbed to a “cholera-like infection.”