something in their water... both Tesla and Einstein, both veggie brothers, yes?!

I don’t care if Einstein ate meat up until the day before he died…What does it matter if he switched to a “vegan” style diet in his last year of life because he was ill?? That seems more of a “judgmental” thing to me. Anyways….We all have different journeys to peace, tranquility and understanding. And we intersect with those truths at different points in our lives. Thus, No matter the reasons, whether intentional or indirectly he still discovered, what is without doubt the absolute truth when he says…..

”Nothing will benefit health or increase chances of survival on earth as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."

People please understand that the universe guides us all to our “awakening” and that happens at different times for different people….So even if it took for him to be “sick” and in the last year of his life to be “awakened” The universe still guided him and that was his journey….Rest assured he is “connected” and has transitioned the the next step of his existence….Be well all

"I have always eaten animal flesh with a somewhat guilty conscience"
in other words, here we have a "genius" who is fully aware of the cruelties behind meat, yet didn't bother to act upon it. He is the guy who listens to his stomach, not to his conscience. At dinner time he punches his conscience in the face and makes it shut up so he can enjoy his tasty meat.
Only one year before his death, long after his scientific research, he eats vegetarian. For his health. Einstein is the perfect example of all the ppl who know, but who do their utter best to opress the good in them, and dont act upon what they feel is right. Sorry. Not my inspiration. A weak person who helped developed the atomic bomb. A brainiac yes, a genius, no. Clever, yes, wise, not at all.

Are all genius vegetarians?

A great source of info regarding Einstein's interest in vegetarianism is https://ivu.org/history/northam20a/einstein.html

Sadly, the 'famous quote' certainly can't be attributed to him, other than maybe as a wildly exaggerated translation...

Einstein, my man. My G. Ayeee :D

@hd1lady The terms vegetarian and vegan were one and the same at some point:
Lacto-ovo-vegetarian is not vegetarian, because vegetarian=vegan. Therefore, Einstein might have been vegetarian->vegan. However, even if he wasn't vegan, and just "vegetarian", what he did and said about it still represents a big support. :)

this shows that he was human despite and because of his genius. it is possible to advocate a vegan or vegetarian diet but still give in to temptation. maybe he needed to visit farms or read The Jungle.

well, he's still a smart guy we gotta give him some credit!

Yeah, your right, he did support vegetarianism though, and said that it would be the single best thing that humanity can do for survival on earth.

Joe

Hi all - Although I would LOVE to believe this, I've researched Einstein for many years. He was not a vegan or vegetarian until later on in life when he took ill. Then he decided a plant based diet would be best for his health. I have not found ANY information on him being vegan though, ever. Sorry -just thought the info here should be correct.

Tina Volpe

deary me and people still argue against vegetarianism - what idiots people can be! He\'s a genius!! Do people forget that??

No Wonder he is so SMART, he doesn't eat meat.