Interesting. I read a book about a party that got stranded over 2 winters trying to get to the Alaskan gold rush back before The War without going over US land and had a fatality from lack of vitamin C. If they only knew.
Currants have a lot of vitamin C. They are quite easy to grow too. Lots of fruit grows, even in the north, if you know what to plant or what to forage. Dan On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 6/28/2010 1:11:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes:Organic Solutions > Volume 4 Issue 4 > VITAMIN C > OK! OK! OK! So you just found out that almost all of the Vitamin > Boys are making their Vitamin-C from Genetically Engineered Corn. > What you are about to read is highly confidential and there’s not one > Giant Pharmaceutical Company that wants you to see this data. > What! You exclaim. How am I supposed to get enough Vitamin C into my > family if I don't buy store bought supplements??? > Answer: You make your own!!! ;o))) > > How bout one more super free organic source-----A cup of pine needle tea > made with 1/2 cup of finely chopped pine needles has the equivalent vit. C > of 6 lemons. I use white pine needles but when I did a search on the subject > it was said that any pine was OK.. Bring a cup of water to boil--put the > chopped needles in & simmer for { I think it said 20 mins } I usually do 5. > on low heat.....Add-- honey-- cinnamon-- ginger--clove--or what ever you > want to flavor--Find a beautiful place to sit---& Sip.--------------.Lois > DO NOT consume this tea if you are pregnant or think you might be pregnant. > It has been known to cause the death of an unborn child within 24 hours! > (though no one is sure why as of yet--always consult your physician first > Select your pine needles by picking the newest green ones from the tree. > These would be the ones nearest the end of each branch, and slightly lighter > green than the rest of the needles. Step 2 Finely chop them until you > have about 1/2 cup. Step 3 Add your needles to the boiling water and > simmer for about 20 minutes, or until the volume of water has reduced by > about 1/3. Step 4 Allow it to steep for anywhere from 20 minutes to > overnight, depending on how strong you like your tea. The result will be a > reddish colored tea with a mild taste. Store in the refrigerator -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
