Someone better informed than I will hopefully chime in, but it is my understanding that the health benefits of some vegetables are actually more accessible to our bodies in the cooked for (carrots and spinach I think?). If you like veggies very well done I recommend soups where you end up eating the water that the goodies escaped into.
The bottom line in my opinion, is that eating lots of vegetables in general is a good thing, and if they need to be well cooked for you to get in 5 to 7 servings, then that is better than scimping on the lovelies.
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