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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8187112" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Huh, I didn't know that. And turns out, a ten minute google search provides the answer. In a study on why the Inuit (who don't have citrus fruits, yet don't develop scurvy) diet works, there was this bit of information&quot;Most animals can synthesize their own vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, in their livers, but humans are among the exceptions, along with other primates and oddballs like guinea pigs and bats.&quot; &quot;The pair ate steaks, chops, organ meats like brain and liver, poultry, fish, and fat with gusto. “If you have some fresh meat in your diet every day and don’t overcook it,” Stefansson declared triumphantly, “there will be enough C from that source alone to prevent scurvy.”From this news article <a href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/the-inuit-paradox" target="_blank">The Inuit Paradox</a>So, it seems that most fish, shrimp, ect like I said, don't need to eat foods for Vitamin C,&nbsp; their bodies produce it naturally. And if you eat enough raw fish, including their organs you don't need to eat citrus fruit anyways. So, Tritons avoid scurvy by eating raw fish, which as an undersea people without access to fire to cook their meat... seems like something we were assuming they did anyways. But, I learned something new, so neat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8187112, member: 6801228"] Huh, I didn't know that. And turns out, a ten minute google search provides the answer. In a study on why the Inuit (who don't have citrus fruits, yet don't develop scurvy) diet works, there was this bit of information "Most animals can synthesize their own vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, in their livers, but humans are among the exceptions, along with other primates and oddballs like guinea pigs and bats." "The pair ate steaks, chops, organ meats like brain and liver, poultry, fish, and fat with gusto. “If you have some fresh meat in your diet every day and don’t overcook it,” Stefansson declared triumphantly, “there will be enough C from that source alone to prevent scurvy.” From this news article [URL="https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/the-inuit-paradox"]The Inuit Paradox[/URL] So, it seems that most fish, shrimp, ect like I said, don't need to eat foods for Vitamin C, their bodies produce it naturally. And if you eat enough raw fish, including their organs you don't need to eat citrus fruit anyways. So, Tritons avoid scurvy by eating raw fish, which as an undersea people without access to fire to cook their meat... seems like something we were assuming they did anyways. But, I learned something new, so neat. [/QUOTE]

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