Sentences with phrase «scurvy for»

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

Not exact matches

That isn't to say we don't need small amounts of vitamins to survive — without vitamins like A, C, and E, for example, we have a hard time turning food into energy and can develop conditions like rickets or scurvy.

It may also be a reference to a hardy variety plant which does not dry up in extreme dry summer but a plant that scurvies the summer and provide sustenance to life in hard times.54 In mystical Islam, the road to the stage of intimacy (uns) with God - for - us is reckoned to be lonely, for not many undertake this journey prior to death in a voluntary sort of way.

For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

None of your descendants, from generation to generation, who has a defect, may draw near to offer his God's food; for no one who has a defect may come near, no one who is blind, or lame, or has any perforations, or has a limb too long; no one who has a fractured foot, or a fractured hand, or is a hunchback, or has a cataract, or a defect of eye sight, or scurvy, or scabs, or crushed testicles — no one of the descendants of Aaron the priest, who has a defect, may come near to offer the Lord's sacrifices; since he has a defect, he may not come near to offer his God's food.

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 16th century, Spanish sailors took chiles on voyages to ward off scurvy and ate two roasted peppers for dessert each day to improve their vision.

Soooo I probably have scurvy thanks to my cookie for dinner habit I've seasonally adopted.

Scurvy solutions, other than citrus fruits, must have existed for centuries.

And lastly, for all my fellow parents of picky eaters who are looking for a quick way to get a decent amount of veggies into their kid (that doesn't involve adding minuscule amounts of chickpeas and beets to freaking chocolate brownies), here's our smoothie recipe, aka The Reason My Child Doesn't Have Scurvy:

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

Even if outside income is banned, it will remain extremely easy for deep - pocketed special interests to give large amounts of money to lawmakers via the LLC loophole, the housekeeping account loophole, and various other scurvy methods that have made Albany synonymous with corrupt state government.

Scurvy was at one time common among sailors and others who were on ships, whose ships were out to sea longer than perishable fruits and vegetables could be stored and by soldiers who were similarly separated from these foods for extended periods.

«Captain Cook was handing out limes to his crew for scurvy before anyone knew what vitamin C is,» Reid says.

In fact, all it takes to ward off scurvy is a daily dose of 10 milligrams, says Karen Fediuk, a consulting dietitian and former graduate student of Harriet Kuhnlein's who did her master's thesis on vitamin C. (That's far less than the U.S. recommended daily allowance of 75 to 90 milligrams — 75 for women, 90 for men.)

It is good for putrid gums in the scurvy.

Long before the introduction of lemons and limes into the diets of sailors, scurvy - grass was a welcome food for returning mariners.

For the Jan Mayen group another possibility exists: there were no foxes to catch, and the bear meat they ate was so badly cooked that they contracted trichinosis, a parasitic infection of muscle tissue which, like scurvy, makes movement difficult.

The nutrients glory days of curing scurvy - riddled sailors via juicy citrus fruit seemed to be the only thing keeping its reputation afloat, particularly after a massive research review found C to be virtually useless for fighting colds.

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.

If you're someone who hates veggies and fruits or you're a sailor at sea for months on end (scurvy anyone?!)

Lemon's high vitamin C content made it ideal for staving off scurvy on long sea voyages.

Valued back in the day for helping to prevent and treat scurvy because of its high vitamin C content, limes are also full of antioxidants and fiber.

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

Insufficient vitamin C, for instance, causes scurvy, which results from defective collagen, a protein in connective tissue.

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).

For instance, they chewed the pine needles with a view to protect them against scurvy.

And of course the approach has had many successes — taking vitamin C really does ward off scurvy if, for whatever reason, you're subsisting on a diet devoid of vitamin C.

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.

Consider the famous disease scurvy, which plagued sailors of the British Empire for hundreds of years.

The first use of modern scientific methods to assess disease treatment was when the British navy used foods containing vitamin C (although the vitamin itself would remain undiscovered for nearly two centuries) to prevent scurvy among sailors.

For example, the RDI for vitamin C is 75 mg, which is just enough to prevent scurFor example, the RDI for vitamin C is 75 mg, which is just enough to prevent scurfor vitamin C is 75 mg, which is just enough to prevent scurvy.

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.

So vitamin C is really important for that kind of health but again, the Inuit avoided scurvy because they would eat a lot of glandular tissue.

The amount of vitamin C that prevents scurvy, even in carb - eaters, is at most a mere 10 mg a day, and there is little support for taking extra, unless your system is overloaded with glucose.

The health benefits of cabbage include treatment for constipation, stomach ulcers, headaches, obesity, skin disorders, eczema, jaundice, scurvy, rheumatism, arthritis, gout, eye disorders, heart diseases, aging, and Alzheimer's disease.

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

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.

Cecil's son Robert (Edward Hogg) is even scurvier than his dad, plus he has a hunchback — the inspiration, apparently, for Shakespeare's, I mean de Vere's — Richard III.

For example, people can get a disease called scurvy if they lack certain vitamins.

And it's a leading distributor of fruit & veg — nobody's invented a new way of doing that recently, nor has anybody come up with a good substitute for fresh fruit & veg (Morgan Spurlock was bloody lucky not to get scurvy!).

Hypovitaminosis C or «scurvy» — Vitamin C is essential for building and repairing collagen.

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.

Gilbert also noted that for the short term future both himself and Clayton Kauzlaric are working on an iOS title called Scurvy Scallywags in The Voyage to Discover the Ultimate Sea Shanty: A Musical Match - 3 Pirate RPG.

For example, the album includes what I think was a rendition of the «Green Hill Zone Theme» from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 along with «The Legend of Zelda Title Theme» to newer material like «Minecraft Theme 1» and the «Scurvy Scallywags Theme» to even more obscure tracks like the «Outlaws Title Theme» and «Medicated Cow Walks the Cobbled Streets with Disgruntled Goat» from Ravenshire Castle.

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