Samsonova claimed she avoided eating protein, salt and oil. A friend of Samsonova’s also told Russian media that she had not drunk water in six years, opting for fruit and vegetable juice instead.“My mood is better, my mind clearer, I have more energy, easier to sleep, easier to wake up, I feel more stable emotionally,” she wrote on Instagram.
“It was scary to look at her, to be honest. Her hands were thin, like those of my 12-year-old sister,” a friend told 116.RU, a Russian news website. “But she was always very cheerful, like a child, she was happy when people praised her cooking.” Samsonva also claimed to clear a COVID-19 infection with “dry fasting,” where no food or liquid is consumed.reports. “I have been practising this method for a long time. I overcame this infection despite my unconventional treatment, which many condemn.”