Why was the vegan diet created?

Answer 1

I believe that it would mostly be for religious/animal rights reasons. For religious reasons: maybe they believe in reincarnation and if they eat a hamburger, they may be eating their grandfather or something. It sounds strange to someone who doesn't understand it. For animal rights: maybe they think that the killing of animals is cruel and inhumane, no matter what form it is done in, and to eat anything doing with animals would be praising that. There are still many reasons but those are the big ones I would assume.

Answer 2

Many anthropologists believe that most early humans ate mainly plant foods, just like other apes. This view is supported by the fact that the human digestive system resembles that of herbivores rather than that of carnivores. Humans on meat-based diets develop major diseases, such as Heart disease and cancer, much more frequently than people eating plant-based diets.

The Greek mathematician Pythagoras was a vegetarian, and vegetarians were often called Pythagoreans until a different word was created.

The term "vegan" was coined in 1944 by Donald Watson when he co-founded the Vegan Society in England. At first, the term meant "non-dairy vegetarian." Later, it referred to the belief that humans should live without exploiting animals.