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It’s not easy to overcome an eating disorder, but Schulz proves that it’s possible to recover.

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Many argue that just because she’s overcome her eating disorder, that doesn’t make her qualified to give health advice to others.

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She’s now a fitness instructor and has built up a following of 22,200 on Instagram.

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Brave Russian teenager Vera Schulz has beaten anorexia and became a successful fitness instructor.

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Schulz started by eating raw fruit and vegetables and gradually added more variety into her diet.

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Schulz discovered fitness, developing a love for working out that helped her battle her eating disorder.

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18-year-old Vera Schulz from Stavropol Krai in south-west Russia had become seriously underweight without her family realising, and her health had deteriorated worryingly as a result.

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She weighed just 70 pounds in 2014.