To: acoulterfan
vitamin C should come from food. It’s one of the easiest vitamins to get. If you eat liver you can even get enough without eating any plants (for all you anti-vegetarians out there)
12 posted on
09/10/2007 6:58:46 PM PDT by
ari-freedom
(I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
To: ari-freedom; DixieOklahoma; reuben barruchstein; theprophetyellszambolamboromo; Alusch; ...
in most animals, vitamin c is a hormone-like substance produced by the liver. when under stress an animal can produce 10 grams of vitamin c with no problem, it would be impossible for a human to consume that much vit. c from food, the RDA is only a recommendation to prevent scurvy, much higher amounts are needed for a “therapeutic” dose.
15 posted on
09/10/2007 7:20:26 PM PDT by
Coleus
(Pro Deo et Patria)
To: ari-freedom
If you eat liver you can even get enough without eating any plants
Are you thinking of Vitamin A? Here's a link to the USDA nutrient database entry for braised beef
liver. 1.9 mg Vitamin C per 100 grams of liver. Well, the link doesn't work - at least with my browser. If you want to check it out, and the link doesn't work for you either, you'll have to get there the long way around: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/. Type in "liver" for the search keyword and go from there.
To: ari-freedom
Ewww, liver! Eating liver is like sucking on the dirty air filter from your car. No thanks. ;-)
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