PS. Cigarettes are plant "foods". They contain the same toxins I was warning about, and are also found in deadly nightshade and green potatoes. Members of the Solanum family - eat with caution.
"Vegans tend to live longest and be most healthy "
There is a reason for that. Its hard to overeat if you eat vegetables, as most are nutrient poor. You wont get fat on a diet of radishes and cucumbers, or green beans.
But try living on a diet of pizza, fried bread, corn oil, high-fructose corn syrup and Tofu, and you will be going to the hospital fairly quickly.
Sure, you say, there are SOME bad vegan foods.... Yes, and I say the same to you. Eating too much factory meat will make you sick, especially if its processed with things like too much salt and nitrates.
But eating meat is not a killer. The vast majority of meat-eaters live quite happy and long lives.
If I can squeeze out another couple of years by eating raw lentils all day long (toxic by the way), I'll do with the couple of years less.