Loaʻa i nā keiki o ka lacto-ovo-vegetarians ka ulu like a me ka ulu ʻana e like me kā lākou mau hoa meaʻai ʻole. He liʻiliʻi loa ka ʻike e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana o nā keiki vegan ma kahi meaʻai non-macrobiotic, akā ʻike ʻia nā ʻike he liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi kēia mau keiki ma mua o ko lākou mau hoa, akā aia nō naʻe i loko o nā kūlana kaumaha a me ke kiʻekiʻe no nā keiki o kēia mau makahiki. Ua kākau ʻia ka ulu maikaʻi ʻole o ka ulu ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana ma waena o nā keiki ma nā meaʻai koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka ʻai pinepine a me ka ʻai ʻai, i hui pū ʻia me nā meaʻai paʻa (ka palaoa kakahiaka paʻa, ka berena paʻa a me ka pasta) e hiki ai i nā keiki meaʻai ke hoʻokō maikaʻi i ka ikehu a me ka pono o ke kino. ʻO ka awelika o ka ʻai ʻana o ka protein i loko o ke kino o nā keiki meaʻai (ovo-lacto, vegans a me macrobiota) e hui maʻamau a ʻoi aku i kekahi manawa ma mua o nā haʻawina i koi ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoiai hiki i nā keiki meaʻai ke ʻai i nā meaʻai protein ma mua o nā mea kanu ʻole.
Hiki i nā keiki Vegan ke hoʻonui i ka pono protein ma muli o nā ʻokoʻa o ka digestibility a me ka hui ʻana o ka amino acid o nā protein i ʻai ʻia mai nā mea kanu. Akā, maʻalahi kēia pono inā loaʻa i ka meaʻai ka nui o nā huahana mea kanu waiwai nui a nui ko lākou ʻokoʻa.
Pono e mālama pono i ke koho ʻana i nā kumu kūpono o ka calcium, ka hao a me ka zinc, me ke koho ʻana i kahi meaʻai e hoʻoulu ai i ka absorption o kēia mau mea, ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi meaʻai no nā keiki meaʻai. ʻO kahi kumu hilinaʻi o ka huaora B12 he mea nui hoʻi no nā keiki vegan. Inā hopohopo e pili ana i ka lawa ʻole o ka huaora D synthesis, ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻike ʻana i ka lā, ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka ʻili a me ka leo, ke kau, a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pale lā, pono e lawe ʻia ka huaora D i nā meaʻai paʻa.