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Bodybuilder Jodi Vance died last week after her heart gave out, according to a statement from her family and loved ones.<\/p>\n
She was 20, TMZ<\/a> reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Vance, who was also a coach, was in Ohio attending the Arnold Sports Festival when she died, it reported. She began to feel sick and was taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n \u201cHer heart stopped due to complications of severe dehydration,\u201d the statement from her family read. \u201cDespite all efforts by the hospital, they were unable to revive her.\u201d<\/p>\n The circumstances are not known. Her family said her death was “sudden and unexpected.”<\/p>\n \u201cShe was a beautiful person inside and out and she will be missed every single day,\u201d her family said.<\/p>\n Vance\u2019s loved ones encouraged others hearing about her death to prioritize their health.<\/p>\n Justin Mihaly, who was Vance’s coach, said she was taking two “extremely hazardous” substances to improve her physique, without his knowledge or her family’s.<\/p>\n “Recently, her health had become quite concerning and now we know why, now we have the answers,” Mihaly said in a video o<\/a>n<\/a> In<\/a>stagram<\/a>. “Many people who loved Jodi, including myself, tried to get her to pull off the gas pedal a bit, and anyone who knows Jodi knows how challenging that would be.”<\/p>\n In another v<\/a>ideo<\/a>, Mihaly spoke about the dangers of taking diuretics and said bodybuilding would be better off without them.<\/p>\n Diuretics, also known as water pills, are a class of drugs that increase urine production and help the body get rid of excess fluid and salt. They are used to treat high blood pressure, edema and heart failure.<\/p>\n