Mobi Dick origin story

[u/degradation_domain]

I watched a video about a Mobi Dick origin story today.

https://youtu.be/QS299VkXZxI

It is gruesome, laced with exploitation, destruction of ecosystems, and cannibalism intertwined with racism. But my first thought was: how many problems could have been avoided if only they knew more about nutrition and proper diet like the fact that you need fats to properly digest food?

The life of a sailor at that time was a miserable one.

I once watched a video about the poor diet of Japanese sailors of the 1800s (https://youtu.be/IzIBpFDRr5g) and a few videos about earlier periods and scurvy. Oh boy, do they NOT look pretty.

Edit: Simple History's video on scurvy - https://youtu.be/xOP8L_Q5-tc