"No you can't produce our own Vitamin C we do not possess the enzyme, The L-gulonolactone oxidase, required for biosynthesis. The required raw materials are sourced by cats for example through their consumption of brain matter. It is why when cats catch mice for example they eat the mice head first

It is possible that we lost the ability to self-produce vitamin C about the same time we lost the enzymes needed to break down cellulose. Ever wonder what your appendix was for? It’s a vestigial organ theorized to be used in the production of enzymes to break down cellulose and make our own vitamins. It would have to work for us to know for sure unfortunately.

By examining other primates and mamals digestive tracts we can make educated guesses. The strepsirrhines, or wet nosed primates, can synthesis their own Vitamin C but most primates are of the order the haplorhines, or the "dry-nosed" primates, which apes and humans are both members of cannot. The divergence between these two groups of primates is quite old; possibly before hominids existed. Plants started producing Vitamin C and other essential chemicals 400 to 300 million years ago to replace the micronutrients often found in water.

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"... just remember to eat the animals organs especially the liver. Animal organs are extremely healthy and nutritious, I find it stupid that people only eat the muscle and waste such healthy meat."

"Can't speak for other parts of the country, but deer up here in Minnesota are quite prone to have liver flukes and other internal parasites. Since cooking destroys vitamin C... I'll stick with pine needle tea, thank you!"

"It's pretty safe to eat organs from livestock, but not so much with wild game. The opportunity for parasites is ridiculously high, in my mind, not worth the risk for a negligible nutritional benefit. Especially in a scenario where modern healthcare is unavailable. Cooking kills some parasites, but also kills off many of the added benefits to eating the organs vs. the muscle meat. In the spirit of not wasting the animal, I can understand cooking and eating some of the organs, heart, and that... but I will likely still skip it from wild game."

"gout is contracted from consumption of organ meat. "

"here are some big mistakes preppers make

- buying too many guns. you can only shoot one at a time. be smart and buy 1 or 2 guns to fit your needs and train with them. dont need 30 different guns.

- focusing on guns more than food(or not prioritizing preps properly). let me ask you a question. how many times have you needed a gun to stay alive? how many times have you had to eat to stay alive? the answer for the second is "everyday" for all of us. so logically food preps should have a higher priority than guns. buy a gun or two and then spend spend spend on food preps.

- not testing their preps. it never hurts to throw the main on your house for an hour and walk around with pencil and paper to find out what you will do without. also it never hurts to have a Bug Out Camp Out. take your BOB into the woods somewhere and live out of it for 3 days. take notes and see where it is weak and where it is strong. i did this and invented ways of making my BOB lighter.
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"Fair enough, but you and your family are probably not pursuing your hobbies of shooting, hunting and collecting guns to the exclusion of other necessities. You recognize that your guns will be a PART of your survival plan, but only a part, and you have probably made suitable preparations for the other requirements as well, whether measured in food, drinking water, medical supplies, or anything else that you might need.

There are those, however, who have a survival plan that extends no further than amassing a stockpile of guns and ammo of sufficient size to hold the entire Chinese Army at bay. Food, shelter, medicines and other supplies are only tacked onto the plan as an afterthought at best, if they are considered at all."

"Squirrels too, I've heard. "