Karolina Krzyczak is originally from Warsaw, Poland and studied at the University of Leeds, UK. At the age of 19, she started eating only raw fruit. Eight years later, she died in a hotel room in Bali because of malnutrition. Before she died in December 2024, she weighed only about 22kg and could barely balance or roll over in bed, her nails had turned yellow and her teeth had decayed.
Recently, a new survey revealed Carolina's experience in the past eight years.
Weight dropped sharply after eating only fruit
Her parents forced her to treat eating disorders.
As a teenager,Caroline began to feel anxious about her body.In 2013, at the age of 15, she posted, "Why are you crying? 'Because I'm fat.'" At the age of 18, she went to Leeds University in England to study and began to pay attention to lifestyle. At the age of 19, she began to insist on eating only fruit and shared photos of her "healthy life" on social media, which attracted many fans. Some fans left a message praising her for "the neck and collarbone are really beautiful".
At the same time, her weight dropped sharply. During this time, she told friends she feared she would die. But she was encouraged by some fans, who praised her efforts. "I firmly believe that you have the answer in your heart. You know what's good for you, even if it looks like a mess right now." A fan replied under a photo of her in 2023.
Long in Poland, parents noticed the condition of her daughter and forced her home for dietary disorders.In the spring of 2018, Caroline was hospitalized.But after leaving the hospital, she immediately recovered, continued to eat only fruit and broke out conflict with her family.
Without a full-time job, Carolina often spends hours hanging out online. She is increasingly focused on running her social media, sharing fruit bowl photos frequently.aname isA friend recalled, “She needed medical and psychological help, and the community often acknowledged her behavior,” while Caroline complained to friends and family that she was “brainwashed by social media.”
In order to escape her family, in 2024, Carolina will listen to onename isThe netizen's suggestion left Poland and came to Tenerife, Spain. Friends said she was happy with her new life and even adopted a kitten, but the kitten died shortly after. Some friends said that it "broke her".
The last few days of life
She has no strength to turn alone.
In September 2024, Carolina traveled to Bali. She had fantasized about finding a group of people just like her here, "having fun, talking, sharing, laughing". However,Even the "co-lovers" in Bali were shocked by Carolina's physical condition and repeatedly advised her to seek medical treatment.aname isThe man named Graham recalled that he noticed Carolina as soon as she showed up at an influencer party because of her extremely low weight. According to Graham's estimate, Carolina could not have weighed more than 27 kilograms at that time.
For months, Carolina could barely maintain her balance and had to walk slowly to avoid hitting things. Despite the repeated persuasion of her friends and the rapid deterioration of her health, she still refused to seek medical assistance. Graham said that Carolina had repeatedly approached him to ask about the treatment plan for the disease, but she insisted that any treatment must be based on the premise of "only eating fruit".
On December 8, 2024, Carolina stayed at the resort-style hotel, an idyllic place shaded by palm trees overlooking the mountains of Bali. She sent food requirements to hotel employees in advance: only fruit was eaten, and meals were delivered directly to her door.
Hotel manager Bernard Hadbour said everyone was shocked when Caroline entered the hotel. Caroline was "extremely slim", her eyes were torn, and the locks were highlighted from the meat. The nighttime waitress had to escort her to the bedroom because she "cannot support herself." Anxious staff, for concerns about her health, asked if it was necessary to call a doctor, but was resolutely rejected. The next morning, the hotel again asked if she needed medical assistance and received the same answer.
During the first two days of her stay at the hotel, Caroline rarely left her room. The hotel staff would often send her a pack of fruits as she requested. Caroline would sometimes go to the balcony to sit down, but soon there was no more strength. Her fatigue and weakness became so severe that she had to call the staff to ask them to help her turn up in bed.
Three days after she checked in, hotel staff rushed to her room and found Carolina dead in the room.According to the person who found her body, Carolina was stiff and lay motionless on the floor, with spots on her skin and gray hair. Identification results showed that Carolina died of malnutrition.
During the interview, several of Caroline’s friends expressed guilt.Daniela, who initially invited Caroline to try only fruit, said that she had now begun to eat a normal diet. Friends said that, misled by online "digital tourists and healthy networks", Caroline believed she could get rid of the constraints of living to nine nights and five and monotony through a new lifestyle.
“I’ve been watching all these travel video blogs and dreaming that one day I’ll be there too...”by CarolineThis was written in a letter to a friend before his death.
Red Star News reporter Deng Shuyi