A young woman from Poland has died after years of following an extreme fruit-only diet. Karolina Krzyzak was just 27 when staff found her body at a resort in Bali.
She had arrived at the Sumberkima Hill resort in December and looked very weak. Workers said her eyes were sunken and her collarbone stuck out. They offered to call a doctor, but she refused and told them to serve her only fruit.
Karolina started the fruitarian lifestyle at 19 after becoming obsessed with clean eating and body image. Friends say she believed veganism had opened her eyes and made her grateful for the changes it brought, even though it left her sick and underweight.
Her parents tried to bring her home to Poland when her condition worsened, but she went back to her extreme eating soon after. A friend said: “She needed medical and psychological help, and the community often validated her behaviors instead.”
A health coach who once met her said she looked dangerously thin and likely weighed around 60 pounds. At the time of her death, she was estimated to weigh only 49 pounds.
Pictures she posted online showed how much her body had deteriorated. Her teeth began to rot, and her fingernails turned yellow. Despite this, those close to her said she seemed calm and content with her choices up until the end.
