....And This Is Healthy?

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/vegan-influencer-zhanna-samsonova-dies-of-starvation-after-decade-of-only-eating-raw-fruit-and-vegetables-12932232

[barry1010]

Of course it isn’t healthy

[Barsel]

Well, they do say fruit and veg is good for you, but they need to say you have to eat more than just this.

[douglas9401]

Cholera-like illnesses are never healthy.

[bobbinwales]

wouldnt follow that diet or recommend it.... but to be fair it was some form of cholera infection so may of killed her or made serousley ill whatever she'd ate

[andy-hughes]

Clearly not.

But this lady was obviously suffering from an acute mental disorder, similar to anorexia and bulimia, where an unnatural fixation on diet, leading to her weakened physical state, and absence of resistance to an infection.

The worrying thought is that, as an 'influencer', yet another misguided soul is able to use the power of social media to convince others that her lifestyle is desirable, when clearly, the exact opposite has been proven to be the case.

[barry1010]

That Cadbury Flake woman influenced me to eat an awful lot of chocolate many years ago.

[Zacs-Master]

Naughty boy, Barry.

[barry1010]

I’m easily influenced which is why I avoid tv adverts.

[perseverer]

How did we manage before 'influencers' invented themselves?

[youngmafbog]

AH has written pretty much what I was going to write.

Of course the Vegan diet has to be very carefully prepared and researched to ensure the correct nutrients are consumed. Those that do that will probably be ok, sadly many dont.

[pastafreak]

Unfortunately there are a number of other YouTube influencers who promote this extremism. They mostly seem to live in tropical paradises and sing the praises of this type of 'clean' eating. Which means constantly trying to fill up on huge amounts of raw veg. They are all also very,very thin...look way older than they are. And if anyone dies doing this..."they did it wrong"

[pastafreak]

She looks far worse in her final photos also...she looks much healthier in your link.

[Gromit]

Cholera is spread by drinking unsafe drinking water. Allegedly she has not drank water for 6 years ???
Have any meat eating carnivores died from Cholera?
A bit of a none story about someone we have never heard of or been influenced by.

[Peter Pedant]

dont read this!
meat only diet does NOT protect from cholera
phew! observational
I will broach more er sensible reasons later

[Peter Pedant]

rather obvious that vegetables dont kill you
limiting diet does

[10ClarionSt]

At least she died healthy, having eaten all that "health" food.
Eat what yer like folks!

[Bobbisox1]

What the hell is an influencer? another new word that’s being bandied about I suppose :0(

[Peter Pedant]

Gandhi - the mahatma - used in the thirties used to go on hunger strike. As one freedom fighter chortled - "the British authorities caved in, they didnt realise that he would have no food, but fruit juices. You can survive indeffo on that"

and of course there are vegetarians - who dont die in large numbers

Dr Barbara Moore walked from John o groats to Lands end in the early 60s, and she managed to starve herself to death

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Moore_(vegetarian_activist)#

Dont any of you have a memory?

[Peter Pedant]

or dictionaries

a person with the ability to influence potential buyers of a product or service by promoting or recommending the items on social media

abbey lee who asks us about dresses, may be one. Victoria Beckham ( buymy brand) and Meghan

[William51]

How sad this is, a good looking woman dies from a misguided policy. It is a lesson to other young people who think the same.