0
Did sailors eat a fruit to cure scurvy what was the vitamin deficiency?
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Yes they did. They added limes to their diet. Because of this, sailors are called "Limeys". This was because of the defieciency of the vitamin C in their diet. See the related link for more information.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoThe disease is called scurvy.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Scurvy is an inadequate production of what?
Scurvy is caused by Vitamin C deficiency (which is why so many sailors used to get it: there was no fresh fruit on a long voyage).
Why is scurvy caused?
Prolonged deficiency of vitamin c causes scurvy.
What mineral causes scurvy?
Scurvy is caused by a complete deficiency of Vitamin C, which can easy be obtained by eating fruit. If you are completely cut off from Vitamin C, expect to find your skin blotchy and your gums bleeding. Sailors didn't have fruit on their boats because the fruit eventually went bad; since they sailed for very long periods of time, bringing fruit along was impossible. Scurvy is not common at all anymore, thankfully.
Why was scurvy prevalent among sailors?
scurvy was prevalant among the sailors, as they spent months on board a ship without fresh vegetables and fruit. this lack of fresh fruit and vegetables, meant a lack of vitamin c. a deficiency of vitamin c is what causes scurvy.
The vitamin deficiency disease scurvy is also known as sailor's disease why and what vitamin causes it.?
Scurvy is caused by a lack of vitamin C. found in cabbages and fresh citrus fruit such as lemons and limes. It was prevalent among sailors in the days of sailing ships because they did not get to eat fresh produce (containing vitamin C) for long periods of time.
What problems pirates would face?
A common problem pirates and other sailors would face was scurvy. Scurvy results from a deficiency in vitamin C. Pirates often faced this disease because they were aboard ships longer then fresh fruit or vegetables would last.
Which disease did sailors get if they didn't have enough fresh fruit and vegetables?
scurvy
Why were sailors in the past susceptible to scurvey?
Lack of fresh food, ie vegetables and fruit, which contained Vitamin C and would have prevented scurvy.
What disease is caused by not getting enough vitamin c?
Scurvy- used to be more common with sailors when they were not getting enough fresh fruit or vegetables.
What vitamins present in fresh fruit and green vegetables and is essential to prevent scurvy?
foods containing vitamin c deficiency causes scurvy so u need to have foods containing vitamin c like mango , broccoli, tomato, leaches tomatoes grape fruit and so on.
Is scurvy a decease?
Scurvy is a deficiency disease, caused by a lack of vitamin C in the diet. It is relatively common nowadays (at least, in the developed world), but sailors used to suffer from it when they travelled across the oceans centuries ago, because they didn't bring fruit with them. Instead, their rations consisted of rum and biscuits. But that's another story.
Why were the british sailors called limies?
Because they found that consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables, particularly those rich in Vitamin C prevented the development of Scurvy - limes are rich in Vitamin C
