# Never eating vegetables

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 17, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-eating-vegetables/720237 "2015-05-17T14:19:59Z")\
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> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> I thought vitamin C is destroyed by cooking, so unless you’re talking about raw potatoes, wouldn’t the effect be negligible?

It’s reduced but not destroyed. According to this, a [baked potato](http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2770/2) still contains 48% of the percent daily value of vitamin C, and even [McDonald’s french fries](http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fast-foods-generic/8054/2) contain 14%.

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And… they may not eat vegetables as a straight-up side dish, but if they have a hotdog with 1/2 cup of sauerkraut on it, they’re getting something like 8% of their daily fiber, 17% of their daily vitamin C, and 2 grams of fiber right there, in something they likely consider a condiment.

I’d bet that other vegetable sauces, condiments and garnishes figure in similarly, even if the consumer doesn’t really consider them to be vegetables.

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