Sentences with phrase «of scurvy»

A lot of people might think «scurvy» is just pirate lingo, but it's actually a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of scurvy include fatigue, gum disease, anemia, scaly skin, and easy bruising.

The experience hundreds of years ago with sailors dying of scurvy demonstrated that only a small amount of vitamin C was required to prevent full - blown scurvy.

I have no sign of scurvy at all.

The timeline for the development of scurvy varies, depending on vitamin C body stores, but signs can appear within 1 month of little or no vitamin C intake (below 10 mg / day)[6,7,21,22].

Full of scurvy buccaneers and a molting parrot, this latest telling follows the well - known story line.

Cranberries are high in Vitamin C and were commonly used by sailors in the Colonial period to prevent the onset of scurvy.

Unscrupulous behavior runs rampant on the boats like a bad case of scurvy.

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].

Full of scurvy buccaneers and buried treasure, Muppet Treasure Island offers a milder version of a pirate tale for younger children.

Humans are among the very few mammals that can not make their own vitamin C, so most fresh animal meat contains traces of it — just enough to postpone the worst effects of scurvy for quite some time.

You are susceptible to dangerous bouts of scurvy if you strictly adhere to the guidelines.

Such regress has happened before: In the nineteenth century, the (correct) vitamin C deficiency theory of scurvy was replaced by the false belief that scurvy was caused by proximity to spoiled foods.

carried seeds on ship & sprout to prevent of scurvy.

The scientific name of vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is derived from the latin name of scurvy, scorbutus.

Native foods easily supply those 10 milligrams of scurvy prevention, especially when organ meats — preferably raw — are on the menu.

Especially in captivity these R.O.U.S. (rodents of unusual size) are, like the sailors and pirates of yore, at risk of scurvy unless they eat enough fresh vegetables.

When most people consider the consequences of vitamin C deficiency, however, the usual image that comes to mind is of a scurvy ridden, orally challenged, 16th century sailor who has run out of limes!

Captain Cook kept his crew free of scurvy on his discovery trip to Hawaii by feeding them sauerkraut.

The late scientist Dr. Linus Pauling stated that heart disease was, in fact, a low level form of scurvy.

It's the reason vitamin C deficiency is the cause of scurvy, which is really a breakdown of the body's ability to manufacture collagen and connective tissues.

In fact, many of the manifestations of scurvy (vitamin C deficiency) are from a decrease in collagen synthesis.

This conversion takes place with aid from vitamin C, which is why the now uncommon disease of scurvy results in weak and flimsy skin.

The health benefits of lime include weight loss, skin care, eye care, improved digestion, respiratory disorders, urinary disorders and relief from constipation, and treatment of scurvy, piles, peptic ulcer, gout, and gums.

Witness the condition of scurvy, which in the 17th century plagued sailors everywhere.

But a box office boondoggle doesn't mean that Harlin's gargantuan, gloriously silly and often fun crossed blades salute doesn't have an armada of scurvy, dog - eared fans, especially when it comes to John Debney's twenty - one cannon salute to «Captain Blood,» and «The Sea Hawk.»

If the diet is deficient in Vitamin C, signs of scurvy rapidly develop.

Lockwood's Fool Throttle brand expands this week with four of the scurviest seadogs ever to walk the plank.

Lack of it can cause depression (a known symptom of scurvy).

Summary Capsule: Fake veggie pirates become the real thing, sort of, and then die of scurvy.

The connection between a lack of fresh produce and the development of scurvy was noted by Dr. James Lind in 1747, so ships later began sailing with an added cargo of limes to keep the sailors» vitamin C levels topped up.

Also, offering select fruits high in Vitamin C will help prevent the onset of scurvy.

I had a fairly severe case of scurvy and don't recall being attracted to sweet flavors.

Price doesn't solve these mysteries — no one has, at least not yet — but her investigation, full of scurvy - ridden sailors, questionable nutritional supplements and solid science, is both entertaining and enlightening.

Look out for signs of scurvy, such as weakness, lethargy, loss of appetite, swollen or painful gums, and general skin infections.

Some symptoms of scurvy are bleeding gums, muscle degeneration, bone and joint pain.

The symptoms of scurvy are bleeding gums and loose teeth.

The symptoms of scurvy are the effects.

Furthermore, Guinea Pigs require high levels of vitamin C in their diet to prevent the development of scurvy.

Seaport Village was built on landfill over Punta de los Muertos (Spanish for Point of the Dead), where the Spanish expedition of 1782 buried those who had died of scurvy.

Seaport Village was built on landfill over Punta de los Muertos, Dead Man's Point, where the Spanish expedition of 1782 buried those who had died of scurvy.

The doomed Franklin, with his elegant dinner service abandoned amid the ice, his quest for the Passage turned to escape attempt, his men dying one by one of scurvy or hypothermia or heartbreak.