Archive · 25 Jul 2025
Teen Dies From Juice-Only Diet After Watching YouTube Video
A teenager in Tamil Nadu, India, died after following a strict diet of only fruit juice for three months.
The boy, named Saktheeswaran, was trying to lose weight and started the diet and exercise plan after seeing a YouTube video.
He didn't talk to any doctors or nutritionists before he started.
On the day he died, he had trouble breathing and suffocated.
The police are now looking into what happened, and are waiting for test results to find out exactly why he died.
Sadly, this isn't the first time something like this has happened; other young people have died after trying very strict diets.
A 17-year-old boy from Tamil Nadu died from suffocation while on a juice-only diet.
The boy, identified as Saktheeswaran, had been following the diet for three months and sought to lose weight.
He began the diet and workouts without consulting medical or nutritional experts, inspired by a YouTube video.
The police are investigating the death, awaiting the postmortem report to determine the exact cause.
Similar incidents involving extreme diets and deaths have occurred in other regions.
- Who
- Saktheeswaran, a 17-year-old boy.
- What
- A 17-year-old died due to suffocation from a juice-only diet.
- When
- July 24th.
- Where
- Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Why
- The boy was attempting to lose weight by following a juice-only diet, inspired by a YouTube video.
Those who are warning about health risk
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Dietary Safety
Those who are warning about health risk
Extreme dieting, especially when unsupervised, carries severe health risks including malnutrition and death.
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Not applicable as no one supports these methods
- Victim
- Saktheeswaran
- Age
- 17
- Location
- Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu
- Diet Type
- Juice-only
- Cause of Death
- Suffocation
- Inspiration
- YouTube video