How did the Eskimos prevent scurvy from eating mostly meat?

Most animals make their own Vitamin C. Primates, (monkeys, apes, and humans), bats, capybaras, and guinea pigs cannot. Therefore, walruses, seals, and whales do. As do fish. If you eat them raw, you will absorb their vitamin C. read more

Stefansson noticed the same thing you did, that the traditional Eskimo diet consisted largely of meat and fish, with fruits, vegetables, and other carbohydrates — the usual source of vitamin C — accounting for as little as 2 percent of total calorie intake. Yet they didn’t get scurvy. read more

Eskimos were able to avoid scurvy by consuming small amounts of vegetation (like licorice root, mountain sorrell, and berries), along with organ meats, which can contain sufficient amounts of vitamin C. read more