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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on November 29, 2016, 12:07:10 PM

Title: OK, OK, I'll take some vitamins
Post by: rcjordan on November 29, 2016, 12:07:10 PM
Doctor at Sydney hospital discovers scurvy resurgence due to poor dietary habits

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-29/resurgence-of-the-rare-condition-of-scurvy-among-diabetics/8073136

The Meat & Black Coffee Diet is soon to be over anyway as I'm near goal, but diabetic diets are roughly the same as keto diets.
Title: Re: OK, OK, I'll take some vitamins
Post by: buckworks on November 29, 2016, 03:03:39 PM
The article talks about sailors getting scurvy on long voyages but low levels of Vitamin C were a problem anywhere that had long winters. Many people would end up with some degree of scurvy after months with no fresh fruit or vegetables.

Ironically it was often a rich man's disease. Poor peasants who subsisted on low-status turnips and other root vegetables were less likely to get scurvy than folks who mostly ate meat and bread.
Title: Re: OK, OK, I'll take some vitamins
Post by: littleman on November 29, 2016, 06:49:56 PM
Do you like veggies RC?  You could stay in ketosis and still eat a good amount of non-starchy plant stuff. 

For C you could take in a little bit of citrus fruit and eat some liver every once in a while.

On a side note, it looks like there is evidence that calcium supplementation linked to heart damage.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161011182621.htm
Title: Re: OK, OK, I'll take some vitamins
Post by: littleman on November 29, 2016, 07:10:06 PM
Also: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C#Animal_sources