posted 10 years ago
Answer A:
Why not just buy smaller cans of tuna?
Answer B:
Tuna is a top-of-the-food-chain predator fish that's not considered very sustainable. It's pretty much not a farmable fish and the wild populations are under enormous strain from overfishing. Healthwise, being an apex predator there are concerns about bioaccumulation of toxic metals such as mercury in the flesh of tuna. If any of this concerns you, you might want to substitute a different fish into whatever fish-and-vegetables diet you are trying to recreate from this woman's shopping cart.
Answer C:
Canning tuna destroys a lot of the texture. You could probably freeze excess canned tuna in your freezer without much additional loss of texture or flavor.
Answer D:
What if she was shopping for someone else? I don't eat any animal products at all, but I often shop for other people in my family at the same time as I shop for myself. Which leads to shopping carts full of fruits, vegetables, whole grain products, and ... bacon. Or hot dogs. Trying to recreate my diet from my shopping cart would lead to some hilariously bad conclusions.