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Vitamin C.
Citrus fruits are good for preventing scurvy on the high seas.
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Which vitamin is required to prevent and treat scurvy?
This is vitamin C.
Which substance is required to prevent the deficiency disease scurvy?
Vitamin C
Does vitamin D prevent scurvy?
no, but vitamin C does! =]]
What diseases does vitamin c prevent?
Scurvy.
What nutrient is needed to prevent scurvy?
Scurvy can be the result of a lack of vitamin D
What vitamin will prevent a disease called Scurvy?
Vitamin C
How did sailors avoid scurvy?
Sailors ate Sauerkraut to prevent scurvy because it was high in vitamin C and a lack of vitamin C can cause scurvy
What was the protection against scurvy?
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.
What substances can be taken to prevent scurvy?
vitamin c
How do you prevention scurvy?
scurvy is a lack of vitamin c so you should eat lemons, limes and Oranges to prevent it.
Can you get scurvy on dry land?
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.
Will eating raw vegetables will prevent scurvy?
Yes, if they have vitamin C in them.
