Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Herbert Shelton, ka meaʻai meaʻai ʻAmelika kaulana, ka mea kākau o Perfect Nutrition: "Ma keʻano maʻamau, ʻaʻole pono e hāʻawi ʻia ka ʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ka ʻiʻo ʻiʻo, ʻaʻole nā hua i kahi keiki, ʻoi aku hoʻi a hiki i 7-8 mau makahiki. I kēia makahiki, ʻaʻohe ona ikaika e hoʻokaʻawale i nā toxins i hana ʻia i loko o kēia mau huahana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Valery Alexandrovich Kapralov, ke poʻo o ka Moscow Naturopathic School of Health and Obstetrics: "I mea e ulu ai nā keiki i ke olakino maoli, ikaika a noho mau i ko lākou ola a pau, ʻaʻole lawa ka hoʻonaʻauao kino wale nō. He mea nui e ʻai pono lākou a, ʻo ka mea mua, mai ʻai i ka protein holoholona. A laila e ulu aʻe ke kino o ke keiki e like me ke ʻano maoli, a ʻo ia kanaka e pale aku i nā maʻi he nui i hoʻomākaukau ʻia no ka poʻe e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo.
Kākoʻo nui ka USDA a me ka American Dietetic Association i nā mākua i hāʻawi i kā lākou mau keiki i ka meaʻai vegan wale nō. Hōʻike nā haʻawina e ʻoi aku ka olakino o nā keiki ʻai ʻole i nā holoholona ma mua o kā lākou mau hoa. Loaʻa iā lākou he 10 mau manawa haʻahaʻa o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka maʻi cardiovascular. ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia i ka makahiki 3, nā keiki e ʻai ana ma ke ʻano maʻamau ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā aʻa! Eia kekahi, inā ʻai ke keiki i ka ʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa i 4 mau manawa - a ʻo nā kaikamahine he 4 mau manawa ke loaʻa i ka maʻi maʻi umauma!
ʻO nā noiʻi i paʻi ʻia ma ka Journal of the American Dietetic Association e hōʻike ana i nā keiki i hānai ʻole ʻia i nā meaʻai holoholona mai ka hānau ʻana he 17 mau helu kiʻekiʻe, ma ka awelika, ma mua o kā lākou mau hoa e ʻai nei i ka ʻiʻo, ka waiū, a me nā hua. Hoʻopili ka haʻawina like i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka waiu i ka wā kamaliʻi i nā maʻi e like me ka colic, nā maʻi pepeiao, ka maʻi diabetes-pili i ka insulin, constipation, a me ke koko o loko. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Frank Oski, ka luna o ka pediatrics ma Johns Hopkins University: “ʻAʻohe kumu e inu ai i ka waiū bipi i kēlā me kēia makahiki. No nā keiki bipi, ʻaʻole na ke kanaka, no laila e pau kākou i ka inu ʻana.
Ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei ʻo Kauka Benjamin Spock ʻoiai ʻo ka waiū bipi ka meaʻai kūpono no nā keiki bipi, he mea pōʻino ia no nā keiki: “Makemake au e haʻi i nā mākua he mea weliweli ka waiū bipi no nā keiki he nui. Hoʻoulu ia i ka maʻi allergies, indigestion, a i kekahi manawa ke hāʻawi nei i ka maʻi diabetes. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻike meaʻai ma Siberia a me St. Petersburg i nā keiki e hoʻololi i ka meaʻai meaʻai a i ʻole nā meaʻai vegan, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā keiki ma kahi meaʻai hui ʻia, aneane paʻakikī loa ma ke kula a ma nā haʻuki. Hoʻoponopono maʻalahi lākou i nā pilikia makemakika paʻakikī, aʻo i nā kumuhana paʻakikī a me nā ʻāpana. Loaʻa iā lākou ka makemake no ka noʻonoʻo: kākau i nā mele, kahakiʻi, hana i nā mea hana (ke kālai lāʻau, embroidery), etc.
Eia kekahi,ʻo nā mākua o ia mau keiki i hoʻololi i ka meaʻai maʻemaʻe,ʻaʻole lākou e inu i ka waiʻona, no laila ke kaulike mau lākou a nānā nui i kā lākou mau keiki. I loko o ia mau ʻohana, noho aliʻi maʻamau ka maluhia a me ke aloha, e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana o nā keiki. Hōʻike ka ʻike honua (India) ʻaʻole ma hope o nā keiki meaʻai meaʻai i kā lākou mau hoa, a ʻoi aku hoʻi ma mua o lākou ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻomanawanui a me ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi. ʻO ka pono o ka ʻai hua manu he moʻolelo wale nō ia i mamao loa mai ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i "hānai ʻia" ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.