Cindy Hamilton wrote:
....
> I knew some guys who had scurvy from eating nothing but pizza.
> They should have gotten green pepper.

must have been light sauce as tomatoes do have some
vitamin C.

songbird

On 2022-10-20, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> ...
>> I knew some guys who had scurvy from eating nothing but pizza.
>> They should have gotten green pepper.
>
> must have been light sauce as tomatoes do have some
> vitamin C.

Which is readily destroyed by heating. Green pepper has a lot more
vitamin C.

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Cindy Hamilton

On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:37:44 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
<hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:

>On 2022-10-20, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:
>> On 2022-10-20, Gary <g.majors@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> mac & cheese often.
>>
>> At college, one of my friends actually had
>> scurvy due to mac & cheese too often.
>
>I knew some guys who had scurvy from eating nothing but pizza.
>They should have gotten green pepper.

lol

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Bruce
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:10:16 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>
wrote:

>On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>On 2022-10-20, Mike Duffy wrote:
>>> On 2022-10-20, Gary wrote:
>>>
>>>> mac & cheese often.
>>>
>>> At college, one of my friends actually had
>>> scurvy due to mac & cheese too often.
>>
>>I knew some guys who had scurvy from eating nothing but pizza.
>>They should have gotten green pepper.
>
>The tomato sauce on pizza contains all the nutrients needed for
>preventing scurvy. Cooked green peppers only contain a minimal amount
>of Vitamin C. No one gets scurvy from a diet of typical pizza. Pizza
>is one of the most heathful foods one can eat, especially since it's
>baked at high enough temperature to neutralize pathogens. For health
>purposes I'd much rather order pizza than a ham sandwich.

Your water has to be filtered, your air has to be filtered and now
your food has to be cooked at high temperature to kill all the
pathogens. You're a very fragile man.

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Bruce
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