Sentences with phrase «chronic scurvy»
If heart disease is chronic scurvy, caused by chronic vitamin C deficiency, then it makes sense to supplement with vitamin C in the amounts needed to make strong collagen and prevent arterial damage from mechanical stress.
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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.
In 1978, Dr. Irwin Stone, himself a pioneer in vitamin C research, reported that SIDS was in fact, a result of chronic subclinical scurvy or vitamin C deficiency.