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Vegetables - why eat them?

Far as I can tell vegetables are essentially, man made foods. None of the things you can buy in supermarkets, markets etc actually exist in the wild. They've all been selectively bred, hybridized, some are genetically modified. You can't go out in nature and find an edible carrot, or broccolli. The ancestors of these plants are basically poisonous. And in terms of nutrition, vegetables are full of indigestible fiber, and the vitamin content come in plant forms which are generally less bioavailable.

So, aside from taste purposes, is there any nutritional reason to actually eat these foods? The only vegetables I eat are spring onions, ginger, and various leaves you buy in bags. But not for nutrition, just for crunch and flavour. I seem to be in fine health.

Has anyone actually ever gotten goiter from eating too much raw brassica?

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