Darwin Award Nominee: Woman Almost Dies, Left Brain Dead From Performing Soy Sauce Colon Cleanse, Drank 1 Liter in 2 Hours VIDEO

Poor woman thought an internet meme was a legit form of therapy.

A bit from a recent article:

Another day, another horrible-for-you health fad gone viral. Something called the soy sauce colon cleanse is making headlines. The extremely dangerous fad reportedly left one woman brain dead, reminding us just how dangerous viral trends like this one can be.

The so-called cleanse suggests that drinking a liter of soy sauce within two hours will rid the body of toxins. Soy sauce is high in sodium, and the idea behind the fad is that "toxins" will follow the sodium as it passes through the body.

According to a video on the YouTube channel Chubbyemu, the 39-year-old woman who tried the cleanse went into cardiac arrest shortly after. The woman did begin to stabilize while in the hospital, but she continued to drift in and out of consciousness. When she woke up a few days later, she was unable to move, swallow, or speak and was diagnosed with central pontine myelinolysis, or severe nerve damage.

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