Woman, 27, Dies In Bali Hotel Room After Following Raw 'Fruitarian' Diet

A 27-year-old woman has tragically lost her life after starving to death in her Bali resort villa while following an extreme raw 'fruitarian' diet.

According to The Cut, Polish native Karolina Krzyzak checked into the Sumberkima Hill resort in December 2024. The former Leeds University student had requested a private villa with its own pool.

But when she arrived, hotel staff were reportedly stunned by her appearance. Workers described her as 'emaciated', with visible collarbones and sunken eyes that made them instantly concerned for her health.

Karolina appeared so weak that she had to be physically carried to her room by a night clerk during check-in. Staff immediately offered medical help, but she refused.

The following day, hotel workers once again urged her to seek treatment. She firmly said no. From then on, staff continued to check in on her while delivering fruit to her door, as eating only raw fruit was a fairly common choice for visitors at the retreat.

Even so, her fragile state kept staff on high alert, as they worried something serious could happen at any moment.

Staff were concerned with Karolina Krzyzak upon checking in Instagram/@carolina.mariie

Despite her insistence on being left alone, her health kept declining. Staff noticed she became so frail that she needed their help to simply turn over in bed.

Their concerns grew worse when they received a phone call from someone who had met Karolina during her travels. The caller said they had not heard from her in some time and feared something was wrong, asking staff to check on her condition.

When hotel staff entered her villa, they found Karolina lying stiff and unresponsive on the floor. She had died alone in the room.

Is the fruitarian diet dangerous?

Is the fruitarian diet dangerous?

Struggling with anorexia, Karolina had embraced fruitarianism — a strict diet that focuses almost entirely on fruit and is sometimes supplemented with small amounts of nuts or seeds. While it may sound natural, experts say it is dangerously unbalanced.

Karolina Krzyzak died in December last year Instagram/@carolina.mariie

Dietician Melainie Rogers told The Cut that such a diet is 'absolutely not a sustainable way of eating'. At the time of her death, Karolina’s body weight had dropped to just three-and-a-half stone.

Friends later revealed that Karolina had confided in them, admitting she often felt weak and drained of energy while living on the fruit-only regimen.

"You're not getting sufficient protein or fats or omega-3s. The body is essentially running on empty," Rogers explained.

Registered dietitian Kate Patton also warned through Cleveland Clinic that fruitarianism is 'not usually recommended by dietitians' because of its 'big risk of malnourishment'.

She explained that while fruit can be healthy as part of a balanced diet, it should never make up more than 25 to 30 percent of what you eat.

Patton stressed: "You might lose weight on the fruitarian diet, but I don't consider this a true benefit, because you are likely losing muscle."

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