It is not certain. It is not said in any of the four books. All he explains to Bella is that its been a long time. Really the last time was when James bit her in Twilight, and Edward tasted her blood (human blood) by taking the venom out. Or in Breaking Dawn, when Renesmee is breaking through Bella's skin and he has to cut her skin with his teath, therefore tasting her blood as it spills out.
Edward Cullen on the Twilight series is indeed a vampire, with the slight twist of him not drinking human blood.
Because Edward is in love with Bella. Also, she is used to drinking human blood and he is trying so hard not to.
Drinking animal blood is vegetarianism but drinking human blood would violate it for vampires.
Edward Cullen has drunk human blood before. Shortly after Carlisle Cullen changed Edward into a vampire, Edward became mad that Carlisle was shaping Edwards diet to animal blood and left Carlisle to drink human blood. When Edward killed murderers to see what it tasted like, he finally realized why Carlisle was drinking animal blood. He went back to Carlisle. Carlisle welcomed him as if the incident never happened.
they drink animal blood alternative to human blood
Before he was transformed, they were greenish blue. Since he drinks animal blood, they are black when he is thristy, and gold (or topaz as Bella says) when he has drinken blood. If he were to drink human blood, they would forever be red...unless, he SOMEHOW stoped drinking human blood. It is almost impossible to stop. (of course though, vampires are not real.)
Hematomania, is used to describe a blood drinking fetish or a flesh eating fetish. It is when someone takes pleasure in drinking blood and/or eating flesh. or when someone feels the need to drink human blood or consume human flesh.
It does if their blood is clean of no dieseases
Drinking the human blood.
What kind of blood? People regularly eat blood in blood pudding or blood sausage... but drinking human blood is tantamount to cannibalism and illegal in many places. Whether that is "evil" depends on your definition of "evil".
no, the cullens just don't think it is right.
Yes, Edward tasted human blood during his early years as a vampire when he struggled with his natural instincts. He abstained from human blood afterwards and only drinks animal blood to avoid harming humans.