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You can eat a very unhealthy strict vegan diet, made of pasta and canned tomatoes and lots of fizzy drinks and fries and tacos...

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canned tomatoes is bad??? :-O, trust me, unhealthy vegan food is not easy to find, because, most times, it is hard to find processed vegan snacks to begin with, and quickly get bored of eating the same brand of unhealthy ones

Soda. Fries. Chips. Peanuts. Gummy bears (with pectin instead of gelatin). A carb-heavy diet consisting of pasta/potatoes + X. It's easy to eat unhealthy vegan stuff. But being aware of what you eat and what's in it is very helpful, and if a vegan diet does that for you, then that's great!

> canned tomatoes is bad???

Not sure if you're being sarcastic, but all canned fruit/vegetables are insanely packed with sugar and salt.

So yes. They're bad for you. Granola is also bad for you. Nuts contain a lot of fat. Kale is bad for your thyroids. And so on.

Not sure how this is in other countries, but here (Germany) canned tomatoes contain: tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid. Why would there be added sugar and salt?

The same here (UK), in fact tinned tomatoes are often better quality than the generic fresh ones on sale in most supermarkets.

I'm guessing the GP means tomato (pasta) sauce, which is usually stuffed with all sorts of terrible stuff. Making incredible pasta sauce is so easy I don't know why anyone buys it pre-made.

And even salt is not actually unhealthy (unless you are part of that population whom salt gives trouble with their blood pressure).

Of course, make sure you drink enough non-sugary, non-alcoholic liquids with your salt. But people automatically get thirsty on salt anyway---so no need for advice.

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