It's been pointed out:-
http://tinyurl.com/5pc9kj
http://www.biblelife.org/stefansson2.htm
that Stefansson and his partner had eaten not just muscle-meats but also brains and liver(liver contains vitamin C). Funny, when I'd read his book "Not By Bread Alone", Stefansson was practically boasting about how it was only muscle-meats and fats that one needed to eat to be healthy. Plus, of course, the Eskimoes whose diet Stefansson was trying to model had even wider variety of foods(some of which was raw) such as adrenals which are very high in vitamin C.
What I meant about the study not being rigorously controlled, was that he and his partner were, after the first ouple of months or so, allowed to carry on with their lives, other than occasional, though perhaps regular, testing(at least that's what I remember Stefansson admitting in his book). It would have been better if every morsel of food had been checked etc.- But I suppose that would be difficult to do over a full year, for any diet.
Geoff "Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognised. In the first it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, and in the third it is regarded as self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer. http://www.rawpaleo.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawpaleodiet/> Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:46:08 -0700> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Grassfed Hamburger Only> To: [log in to unmask]> > Hi Geoff, > After the first month or so, Stefansson appeared at the hospital for regular> urine testing - I think it was every third day. I don't recall what they> were testing his urine for, but if it was ketone bodies, that would amount> to very close supervision. > Best Wishes, > Ron>
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