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To: gleeaikin

Good point. My Vit C are rose hips based.......duh?
I was thinking about the extra minerals and multi, people didn’t eat processed breads, it was would have been substantial and whole grains (like that stuff we pay $5 a loaf for now, or make our own).
Mutton/cows probably would have been the most common meat, and root vegetables in the colder climates and a few other things in the warmer.
Here is an interesting article from the BBC, if you are curious.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/ironage_intro_01.shtml
I know there are people who study these sorts of things, there must be lots of information out there.


208 posted on 10/15/2012 10:38:21 AM PDT by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: svcw; All

Saurkraut is also an adequate source of Vitamin C. I remember reading about how healthy the Polish were with their large quantities of saurkraut. Actually the acidic quality enhances mineral absorption of other foods eaten at the same time. When my husband was fighting in Korea he made a point of learning to eat Kimchee. This Korean form of saurkraut, containing hot peppers (more C), is kept in jugs/vats outside each house in the countryside. He figures if he was ever captured and escaped he could travel at night back to US lines, eating kimchee as he went.


211 posted on 10/16/2012 12:37:38 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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