Others advocate eating only one food at each meal, and some, raw foods instead of cooked foods. All of this means that each person must be a good observer and student of his or her body. If a certain combination of food leaves you bloated and uncomfortable, it is probably an unwise one for you. Each person must find the meal pattern that makes them feel the best. We should eat according to our body's needs, in response to actual hunger, rather than by the time of day, or our craving for taste sensations.
Children eating a balanced vegan diet grow up full size and strong.
However, children are children, and adults are adults. Although they both have the same basic nutritional requirements, there are some important distinctions to be made, dictated by the simple differences in their appetites and size of their stomachs. It is important that growing children nourished by vegan nutrition be assured of adequate supples of calories, proteins and vitamins. Fully grown adults, especially those with excessive body fat who need to lose weight, have a different situation. The evening meal can then again be light, with fruit or a green salad as the central theme.