I have had a slew of people posting near constantly over the past couple years about how all humans have to be vegan for various reasons, one of which is how we are meant to be. There was a massive push due to Save CA Water and Cowspiracy. This picture is old, it was taken before I found out more information but it is still pertinent. In 2014 I was paleo and very vital. My diet was heavy animal protein as my day consisted of liver (or other organ meat), salmon eggs, fish or steak, eggs, bone broth, diatomaceous earth, sweet potatoes, nightshade of choice, nuts, and tropical fruit of choice. These were the only things I were not allergic to and the only way I could get needed nutrition (I felt this through the process of elimination). You can see my hair is lively and full.
There were a few things that happened after that. In December. I dropped to a liquid only diet after my endocrinologist deemed no more thyroid hormone until I had my stomach sleeved. So I went from 1000 cal a day to 100 cal if I was lucky. By April I went up to 500-800 by doing bone broth and juicing again, with the tropical fruits and eggs. My hair just started to shed by the handfuls multiple times a day. I had patches gone by August. Skin is also pale from turning anemic, it's also scaling, and b12 dropped. Speaking of colours of things, my hair went this odd greenish brown instead of the off black or auburn the roots normally come out. Migraines are near daily and much higher in pain. I've had extreme muscle wasting to the point I went from 25k steps a day in a hike or to the store, to barely able to get to the trash in the back of the building (some days I can't get to the bathroom). This is unsettling for me, I'm in denial that my muscles cannot get stronger when I hike or walk a few blocks to a market, instead I get weaker from by body burning muscle instead of fat. This is insanity. I am supposed to accept my body as it is and love it in order to begin the healing process and regain what was, but how do I accept weakness? bah!
Important things I found out via a genetic study: I don't have the gene to break down plant proteins or cellulose, I can't deal with lectins and pectins (so no legumes or certain fruits), fructose intolerant (eek!), lactose tolerant (so no possibility of lactose intolerance, I don't carry the gene for it), I have MTHFR and sulfation pathway mutations (so no high sulfur plants), and I have a thing where I do not convert beta carotene into vitamin A. I am also allergic to the grass family so that nixes grains and their alternatives. I also found strong genes for higher acid and bile (more efficient meat and fat digestion), impervious to gaining weight from saturated fat), and impervious to prion diseases (descended from cannibals)... genetically a carnivore. I'm to the point where I'm not digesting plants at all and everything is coming out undigested in my excrement even with high dose probiotics (some of which I'm allergic to) and digestive enzymes (surprise, all are derived from the problematic plants!).
Therefore for plant based eats: No cruciferous vegetables, no grains and their alts, no legumes (beans and peanuts), no high pectin or high fructose fruits, no onions or garlic, no FODMAP, no roots, --- what the hell can I haz?
My medication is made from pork and beef, so even if I was trying to be vegan, there would be factory farming in my life for my meds.
So all in all... not every human is genetically capable to handle the plants and some are still born better at the meat processing.
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