Personally, it has taken us some time before we were ready to include eggplants into our food, but for the last ten years we've eaten them from time to time, and now we have them at least once a week, in different preparations, but I never tried to eat them raw and I'm not sure to like the taste... But I wasn't aware at all of all the benefits you told us about, and I think your info gives them a big "upvote"! Thank you for a very interesting post...