The cooked tomato sauce is good for him. There might be onion and garlic in there, which would also be healthful.

My dad used to say food is like the alphabet, just like you need all the letters to make words, you need all the foods for a healthy diet and to make sure you get all your vitamins etc. Looks like your brother is just stuck on 'za.

He should probably at least get his cholesterol checked. Sometimes they have these health fairs at the shopping malls where they check that and your blood sugar and your blood pressure. Maybe look for one of those. Or now a lot of drugstores have mini-clinics. Did you guys get your flu shots this winter? You could maybe do that all at once.