Chikafu chemuriwo chakakwana kune vatambi, kusanganisira. nyanzvi, kutora chikamu mumakwikwi. Kurudziro yezvokudya zvevatambi vezvinomera zvinofanirwa kutariswa uchifunga nezve mhedzisiro yezvese miriwo uye maekisesaizi.
IAmerican Dietetic Association uye Dietetic Organisation yeCanada chinzvimbo chekudya kwemitambo inopa tsananguro yakanaka yemhando yekudya kunodiwa kune vatambi, kunyangwe kumwe kugadziridzwa kuchadikanwa kune vanodya miriwo.
Huwandu hunokurudzirwa hweprotein yevatambi vari kukura kutsungirira ndeye 1,2-1,4 g pa1 kg yehuremu hwemuviri, nepo tsika yevatambi mukudzidziswa kwesimba uye kuramba kushushikana ndeye 1,6-1,7 g pa 1 kg ye uremu hwemuviri. Haasi masayendisiti ose anobvumirana pamusoro pekudiwa kwekuwedzera kweprotein kudya nevatambi.
Chikafu chekudya chinogutsa simba rinodiwa nemuviri uye chine mapuroteni akawanda ezvirimwa zvakadai sezvigadzirwa zve soya, nyemba, zviyo, nzungu nembeu zvinogona kupa mutambi ane huwandu hwakakwana hweprotein, pasina kushandiswa kwezvimwe zvinyorwa. Kune vatambi vechidiki, zvakakosha kubhadhara zvakanyanya kune simba, calcium, glandular uye protein yakakwana yekudya kwavo. Amenorrhea inogona kuva yakajairika pakati pevatambi vezvinomera kupfuura pakati pevatambi vasiri vezvinomera, kunyangwe zvisiri zvese zvidzidzo zvinotsigira chokwadi ichi. Vatambi vechikadzi vanodya miriwo vanogona kubatsirwa zvakanyanya nekudya kwakawanda musimba, kukora mumafuta, uye yakawanda mucalcium nesimbi.