On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 05:33:59 -0400, hanni wienkoop  
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> That is true that people on long ship trips were suffering of vit. C  
> brist.

The first we hear of, namely the world-circling voyage of Ferdind  
Magellan, had no problem with scurvy (vit. C deficiency) because he was  
wise enough to take many barrels of raw sauerkraut.
All other food was preserved. Later mariners were foolish.

Those who ate raw didn't need anti-oxidants.

William