US EPA

6670996 

Journal Article 

Vitamin C in Inuit traditional food and women's diets 

Fediuk, K; Hidiroglou, N; Madere, R; Kuhnlein, HV; , 

2002 

Yes 

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
ISSN: 0889-1575
EISSN: 1096-0481 

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE 

SAN DIEGO 

15 

3 

221-235 

English 

10.1006/jfca.2002.1053 

WOS:000178070200002 

Vitamin C values for 37 traditional foods (TFs) of the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic and women's intakes from TF and market food (MF) are reported. This is the first report on vitamin C values in several traditional food samples. There are a variety of rich sources of vitamin C from animal and plant food with the most notable among items with multiple samples being raw fish (Coregonus spp.) eggs (49.6 +/- 12.3 mg/100 g, mean +/- S.D.), raw whale (Delphinapterus leucas and Monodon monoceros) skin. locally termed "mattak", (36,0 +/- 8.7 and 31.5 +/- 7.0 mg/10g), caribou liver (Rangifer tarandus) (23.8 +/- 4.9 mg/100g), ringed seal liver (Phoca hispida) (23.8 +/- 3.8 mg/100g), and blueberries (Vaccinium uliginosum) (26.2 +/- 4.9 mg/100g). Dietary analysis of 20-40-year-old women's 24-h recalls for vitamin C as TF and MF revealed total mean intake of 60 +/- 8 mg/day (mean +/- S.E.). TF contributed only 20% of total intake, although there was significant seasonal variation (P<0.02). While rich sources of vitamin C are present as TF, the primary contemporary dietary sources of this nutrient are fortified MF. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. 

Ascorbic acid; Canadian Inuit; Indigenous people; Traditional food; Vitamin C; ascorbic acid; article; blueberry; Canada; controlled study; cultural anthropology; diet supplementation; egg; ethnic group; female; fish; food analysis; food composition; food intake; human; liver; nutrient content; seasonal variation; whale; Animalia; Cetacea; Coregonus; Delphinapterus leucas; Leucas; Monodon monoceros; Phoca; Phoca hispida; Phocidae; Pomacanthus maculosus; Rangifer tarandus; Vaccinium; Vaccinium uliginosum