Vegan influencer’s death: How raw veganism is different from regular veganism | Explained

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I love my new me, and never move on to the habits that I used to use. 39-year-old Russian Vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova passed away at 39 allegedly after following raw vegan diet for a decade..

According to Mumbai based nutritionist, Karishma Chawla, raw vegan diet includes uncooked and unprocessed foods..

Going raw can help enhance the immune system and again the idea behind going low or exclude processed foods is to help overall wellbeing such as stabilizing blood sugar levels, boost metabolism, help with the bodys detoxification process and help with hormone health and weight management...

Delhi based Nutritionist Kavita explaining the dangers says, Lets be honest this can be a stretch. Make the choice carefully because if you dont do it right then a lot of nutrients might get short-changed, and you might end up in a deficient state...

The dangers arise only when an individual is suffering from an unknown disease, eating disorder or is ill informed thereby causing severe and prolonged imbalance of nutrients in their daily diet which can cause weakness, deficiencies, malnourishment and other associated conditions..