Some Sects of Hinduism including Vaishnavism Adhere to the purest kind of vegetarianism as a perfect even though Shaktism and Tantric sects freely take in chicken, mutton (goat and sheep meat), fish and eggs. The explanations mentioned by Jains and Vaishnavas are: the principle of nonviolence (ahimsa) placed on animals;[181] https://www.cureayu.com/blogs/weight-management/high-protein-foods-for-weight-gain