they ate lemons, as they were high in 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.
A Limey, refering originally to British Sailors taking Lime juice to prevent scurvy
Sailors used to eat limes to prevent scurvy, they became known as Limeys.
Sailors ate Sauerkraut to prevent scurvy because it was high in vitamin C and a lack of vitamin C can cause scurvy
British sailors were issued lime juice as a remedy for scurvy.
They were called limeys (short for lime juicer). To prevent scurvy, fresh lime juice was used on British warships.
A tar is a sailor. An early British sailors were called a "limey" because they consumed lime juice to prevent scurvy.
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.
To prevent scurvy
Scurvy is the name for a vitamin defficency disease- the vitamin missing is Vitamin C. Sailors in the British Navy were given lime juice, which has a high vitamin C content, and did not get scurvy. Which is how the British got the nickname "limies".
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.