In a message dated 9/2/98 2:25:48 PM EST, [log in to unmask]
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 Since people can live on raw animal diet for many months without developing
 scurvy these foods must contain enough vitamin C, any web database
notwithstanding. >>
You are making the wrong assumption---the problem starts right away but the
symptoms that develop and are recognized as scurvy only become evident as the
ongoing effects of the deficiency cause deterioration that is ob