Chinese mukbang influencer, 24, dies after reportedly suffering potassium loss

A Chinese mukbang influencer with more than 1.2 million followers has died at 24 after a sudden cardiac arrest. Her parents announced her death on social media on the fourth, according to reports cited by the Global Times and other foreign media.

The influencer, known as Yingying and identified as Chen Ziyi, had built her audience on the short-video platform Kuaishou. She died on the 17th of last month.

In her final video, posted three days before her death, Yingying said repeated overeating had caused her potassium level to fall sharply. She said she had received hospital treatment and that the level had once dropped to 2.3 mmol/L. Reports also said she had previously been hospitalized for the same reason.

She reportedly ate 60 to 70 preserved duck eggs during product-selling broadcasts. The supplied report ends while describing that practice.

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My potassium level fell sharply because of repeated overeating, and I received hospital treatment.