On Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:01:45 -0400, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Mary wrote: >> If you consult the USDA nutrient database you'll find >that the vitamin C content of beef, etc. is zero. We also have >the testimony of Stefansson that pemmican *alone* is sufficient >to prevent scurvy. >.............. Therefore, I suspect >that either something else was eaten along with the pemmican to >prevent scurvy or something else *in* the pemmican prevents >scurvy. I'm feeling a bit unshure about this among so much pemmican specialists ( :-) ) but I recall haveing read that the native american put berries into their pemmican. Most berries have very much of vitamin c and in this way a useful combination should result with the pemmican (fat and vitamins are just what is missing in meats). Amadeus