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Turns out Vitamin C is not even necessary. If all you eat is fresh meat, you won't have scurvy.
by miguelrochefort 8y ago
Turns out Vitamin C is not even necessary. If all you eat is fresh meat, you won't have scurvy.
- cptroot 8y agoThe article mentions that this is because fresh meat contains enough Vitamin C to prevent deficiency.
- miguelrochefort 8y agoIt's because of collagen in meat.
- adrianN 8y agoNo it's not. Dietary collagen in broken down by the digestive system just like other protein.
- miguelrochefort 8y agoThe role of vitamin C in collagen synthesis is to oxydize lysine and proline. If you already consume enough hydroxylysine and hydroxyproline, which can be found in collagen, then you don't need the vitamin C.
- okket 8y agoSpecifically in the liver.