Vilhjalmur Stefansson discovered that pemmican (a raw meat preparation)
would cure scurvy.  He often used it on other artic explorers who had
been eating nothing but preserved foods and suffering the results.  He
recommended it because it kept better than the traditional lime juice
which looses its benifits when it goes bad.

Ray Audette
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Don Wiss wrote:
>
> On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, gerard farrell wrote:
>
> > There must be plenty of Vit. C in meat, is there?
> >
> > Remember the thousands of sailors who died from
> > scurvy because they weren't receiving sufficient C.
>
> They were cooking it, weren't they?
>
> > will I not
> > run the risk of developing scurvy?
>
> Cooking destroys the Vitamin C in meat. Best to eat it raw. Or don't rely
> on meat as a source of your Vitamin C.
>
> Don.