Researchers from Italy concluded that Voivode the Impaler, the prototype of the most popular werewolf Count Dracula, who was the lord of Wallachia, probably ate only plants. This was reported by The Times newspaper with reference to the research of Italian scientists.
Examining the 500-year-old letters of the ruler, experts removed many protein fragments from their surfaces. The proteins contained in animal foods were lacking among them. So maybe Count Dracula was a vegetarian.
According to experts, people mainly used plants due to the harsh climatic conditions and food shortages in medieval Romania.
In addition, Vlad Tepes was able to avoid eating animal protein due to health problems. Thus, he was diagnosed with ciliopathies, a genetic disease that disrupts the functions of cells and organs, triggering inflammatory processes that trigger skin and respiratory problems, and hemolacriy, which is blood discharge with tears. Source
Source: Port Altele
