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the benefit cooking or not cooking depends on the food. Because it has been found that our body absorbs more of compond X from food Y when raw, does not mean all raw food is better for you.
Just as some veg has been shown to provide more of a particular vitamin when eaten raw, so has the converse been shown that some veg provides more of a vitamin when cooked. Of course no one knows the variation of all vitamins/enzymes etc etc. of On top of that is whether it matters at all.
I remember ben goldacre mention he read an article advising we eat some particular leaf because it has oxygen giving qualities. He pointed out the obvious that it only produces oxygen in sunlight, which is clearly lacking in your large intestine.