Sentences with phrase «as scurvy»

In order to prevent poor wound healing as well as scurvy (a deficiency of vitamin C leading to abnormalities ranging from lethargy, gum disease, bone and muscle pain, etc.), guinea pigs and primates must obtain their vitamin C needs from dietary intake.

Even the «surprise» appearance of Keith Richards, as the scurvy father of Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow, has already been hyped to death in the advance press.

Many preventable diseases are caused in part or completely by micronutrient deficiency, such as scurvy, certain forms of anemia, osteoporosis and several birth defects.

Back in the eighteenth century, sailors all over the world were falling victim to the life - threatening condition known as scurvy.

You might already be familiar with some vitamin deficiency diseases such as scurvy, caused by a deficiency in vitamin C.

On long ocean voyages, sailors consumed sauerkraut to help prevent a disease known as scurvy, caused by a deficiency of vitamin C.

A severe form of vitamin C deficiency is known as scurvy, which mainly affects older, malnourished adults.

Vitamin deficiencies can result in a variety of health problems, such as scurvy, rickets, or pellagra.

A very popular remedy to relieve the symptoms of cold, as well as scurvy, is to drink the fresh juice a lemon mixed it with honey.

While deficiency — known as scurvy — is uncommon, it can occur, with symptoms including irritability, leg pain, loss of appetite, shortness of breath, fever, tissue haemorrhaging and pain.

During the last century, scientists discovered more than a dozen vitamins and determined minimum intake levels needed to prevent deficiency - related diseases such as scurvy and beriberi.

They also help to prevent diseases such as scurvy and rickets.

They include far more than obesity or those (such as scurvy) produced by serious vitamin deficiencies.

Not exact matches

We no longer put leaches on infected arms, burn old ladies as witches, or sail in scurvy ridden boats, but for some reason, when it comes to religion, we are happy to entertain comical old fools whose minds are cast back centuries as somehow respectable.

In the opening pages Luther set the pace, speaking of the Duke rubbing «his scabby and scurvy head» against the Elector, saying that the Duke «curses, blasphemes, shrieks, struggles, bellows, and spits», and says that such books as the Duke's «make me tingle with pleasure from head to toe when I see that through me, poor wretched man that I am, God the Lord maddens and exasperates the hellish and worldly princes... while I sit under the shade of faith and the Lord's Prayer, laughing at the devils and their crew as they blubber and struggle in their great fury».

So the bottom line is, if you're eating your beef raw, and it's mostly liver and other organs, as well as grass fed to ensure the animal itself is getting enough nutrients first, you MIGHT be getting enough vitamin C just to avoid scurvy.

He carried pickles on his voyages to prevent scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency, just as the English carried limes on their ships.

Once used to treat coughs, food poisoning, scurvy, colic, and tuberculosis, it's still touted as a headache remedy.

«This case presents scurvy as a new and severe complication of improper use of almond beverage in the first year of life,» the case study authors write.

Children most at risk for developing scurvy are those with restrictive diets, such as those with autism.

History tells us that British sailors would often develop scurvy as they had few fruits or vegetables in their diets during long voyages.

They collected a large amount of Cochlearia officinalis — known as «scurvy grass» because it is rich in vitamin C — and simply scattered it on the floor of a vacant building to be eaten later.

Deficiencies, excesses and imbalances in diet can produce negative impacts on health, which may lead to diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, scurvy, obesity or osteoporosis, as well as psychological and behavioral problems.

The official deficiency of Vitamin C is known as «scurvy», which although uncommon, can still occur in adults and children and is characterised by irritability, leg pain, and loss of appetite, shortness of breath, fever, tissue haemorrhaging and pain.

It has been used throughout history for treatment of intestinal problems, snakebites, open wounds, ulcers, scurvy, and as one of the most effective laxatives available.

The high vitamin C content of the fermented cabbage dish known as sauerkraut helped prevent scurvy for sailors.

While a severe deficiency of vitamin C ultimately leads to scurvy, variations in vitamin C levels have also been associated with a wide range of chronic complex diseases, such as atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes and cancer.

Dr. Peter Osborne: Simply because I want a diverse amount of vitamins and minerals in me and if I'm gonna be foodless or missing certain foods that are gonna be devoid or certain nutrients, I want as much of a variety to prevent major malnourishment diseases like beriberi, pellagra, or scurvy.

Christopher Columbus is credited with completing the lemon's global tour, as he brought it with him to America in 1493, and a few centuries later, in 1747, James Lind used it to cure scurvy in vitamin C - deficient sailors, though information about lemon and its nutritious properties were still misunderstood.

Lastly, this may be the most important piece of information on the page: The Unified Theory of Heart Disease, proposed by Linus Pauling and Mathias Rath suggests that subclinical vitamin C deficiency (scurvy), Lipoprotein small (a) and mechanical stress at key arterial sites (such as bifurcations) are the major players in causation of heart disease.

Philip Day, in his book health wars, describes heart disease as a «slow motion scurvy» caused by nutritional deficiencies of the 2 amino acids above + vitamin C — which cause damage to the arteries, which is then repaired by cholesterol (which then builds up eventually blocking arteries)(I'm pretty sure it was lysine and proline — you'd have to check).

For example, vitamin C used to treat scurvy and other deficiency conditions is more effective when given as a natural food concentrate, which includes minerals, rutin and other analogs.1

Vitamin C is need in part to synthesise carnitine and creatine, but as these chemicals are present in meat, eating fresh meat reduces the requirement for vitamin C (something Captain Cook recognised in his 100 % successful campaign to prevent scurvy among his crew).

This tree was used extensively by Native Americans to protect them from scurvy, as it contains considerable vitamin C. Even today, people stuff their mattresses with dried out pine needles to ward off fleas and lice.

Linus Pauling looked at weakened arteries as a form of low level or sub-clinical scurvy and realized the importance of ascorbic acid vitamin C for healing internal arterial wall damage, where the inflammation occurs.

Even though it's not a fruit, it has high levels of vitamin C. Vitamin C deficiencies cause dangerous diseases in humans like scurvy and sclerosis, but it can also present with something as minor as bruising.

For example, deficiency states such as Beri Beri and Scurvy initially spare the vital organs, and first involve the skin and musculoskeletal system.

Vitamin C is a nutrient that's famous for tons of benefits, such as healthy gums (through preventing scurvy) and accelerated wound healing.

Many babies fed formula developed vitamin deficiency diseases such as rickets and scurvy before doctors and manufacturers figured out that the baby's diet should be supplemented with orange juice and cod liver oil.

Additional signs of scurvy include depression as well as swollen, bleeding gums and loosening or loss of teeth due to tissue and capillary fragility [6,8,9].

Wade's chief rival in the treasure hunt — at least until they join forces to combat the meanies from IOI (Innovative Online Industries) and its scurvy head of operations, Nolan Sorrento (Ben Mendelsohn)-- is Samantha, also known as Art3mis (Olivia Cooke), a sprite named after the Greek goddess of the hunt who zooms around on her Kaneda bike from the movie «Akira.»

On the rare occasions that the pirates are left to be the scurvy dogs they are, the movie finds its humor (the brethren court scene is funny as it turns into an all - out brawl and punctuated by a unfortunately forgettable cameo by Keith Richards, Depp's inspiration for the role of Sparrow), but otherwise, two seamen (Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Cook) who have traveled the whole of this voyage provide amusing asides to the proceedings while a monkey steals every scene it's in.

Echinacea is a popular herbal supplement also known as purple coneflower, comb flower, and scurvy root.

In 2007, the evidence arose indicating that B might not have had deliberate injuries but that his fractures were attributable to scurvy and / or iron deficiency as a result of consuming only soya milk.

At the time scurvy was regarded as unknown in the West and had not been considered as an explanation for the injuries.

Join Hanif Jackson, Brendan Hesse, Gabe Gurwin, and Phil Hornshaw as we embark on a nautical adventure and learn about scurvy, bananas, skeletons, buried treasure, and possibly even the true meaning of friendship.