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it is the ascorbic or citric acid a the ascorbic comes from vitamin c or the citric acid from the fruit which gives it the sour taste
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Why did british soldiers eat limes?
To prevent scurvy
How do you prevention scurvy?
scurvy is a lack of vitamin c so you should eat lemons, limes and Oranges to prevent it.
Which herbs helped prevent scurvy and malaria?
Lemons, limes, oranges and citrus fruits help prevent scurvy. A commonly used cure and prevention for malaria is boiled horsetail and carnuckles.
Where does the british term limey come from?
Sailors used to eat limes to prevent scurvy, they became known as Limeys.
Which treatments worked to prevent scurvy?
Anything with vitamin C. The English are known as limeys because they brought large amounts of limes on board their ships, these limes had a lot of vitamin C which prevents scurvy. BTW scurvy is a vitamin deficiency, so the best treatment for any vitamin deficiency is to give the person that vitamin.
What food prevent scurvy?
Any food that has vitamin C. Near the top of the list are citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, limes, etc.)
Is lime good for yoru health?
Limes are good for your health because they are high in vitamin C. They can also help prevent scurvy and contain folate.
Where does the term lymies come from?
When sailors went on long journies they would get scurvy from lack of vitamin C. to prevent this, they ate limes while on the ship.
Scurvy how can it be treated?
Scurvy can be healed by boiling cedar to make medicine. The Aboriginals taught Jaques Cartier how to heal scurvy. The aboriginals had limes that cured scurvy. After that sea captains knew how to cure scurvy and called limes: limeys. But now in this time we call them limes.
How do you treat scurvy in Tudor times?
Scurvy was often treated with the ingestion of fresh limes which were given to those people on transatlantic crossings. This is why people from USA brand people from the UK as "Limey's"
Why were sailors so often scurvy victims?
Scurvy is a disease caused by improper nutrition, namely, lack of vitamin C. Eventually, ship's captains realized that eating citrus fruits would prevent scurvy, and from then on, limes and lemons were taken on voyages. It was common to hear a land lubber call a sailor a, "limejuicer".
Why are sailors called Limeys?
The Royal Navy fed it's sailors limes in the days of sail when voyages took much longer and refridgerators etc were not around to prevent scurvy.
