Vitamin C.
Citrus fruits are good for preventing scurvy on the high seas.
This is vitamin C.
Vitamin C
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Scurvy.
Scurvy can be the result of a lack of vitamin D
Scurvy is a disease caused by the lack of a specific vitamin in a person's diet. That vitamin is Vitamin "C". Citrus fruits are rich in vitamin "C" and British sailors were required to eat limes to prevent the disease occurring during long voyages.
Sailors ate Sauerkraut to prevent scurvy because it was high in vitamin C and a lack of vitamin C can cause scurvy
Vitamin C
vitamin c
scurvy is a lack of vitamin c so you should eat lemons, limes and Oranges to prevent it.
Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans. So yes you can get scurvy anywhere if you lack the intake of vitamin C.
British sailors ate citrus fruits like lemons and limes to prevent scurvy, as these fruits are rich in vitamin C. The vitamin C helped to combat the vitamin deficiency that caused scurvy during long sea voyages.