Sentences with phrase «scurvy on»

Ancient Chinese physicians were prescribing sprouts curatively over 5,000 years ago and 18th century sea captains employed them to prevent scurvy on long passages.

I found this information about scurvy on page 102 of our health book.

After all, scurvy knaves are extra scurvy on the sixth of Janu - ervy all because it's Topsy - Turvy Day!

Sailors coveted lemons, and other Vitamin - C rich foods, because of their ability to prevent scurvy on long voyages.

Christopher Columbus touted apple cider vinegar's awesome abilities: he used it to sidestep scurvy on his ships.

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

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

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 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.

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

So, while my daughter works on her scurvy, us adults are feeling great.

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.

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.)

At age 17, he left home to enroll at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, subsisting on less than $ 1 a day — he calls it a forced experiment in avoiding scurvy — before landing a scholarship and earning an undergraduate physics degree at the University of Pennsylvania.

But the Englishmen at Bell Sound and the Dutch sailors on Novaya Zemlya had no scurvy grass at all.

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.

The whalers on Jan Mayen and those who stayed at Smeerenburg the following year quickly ran out of fresh scurvy grass, a factor that contributed to their deaths.

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.

It's no different to the vitamin C which you consume in an orange, the same vitamin C which could save you from death by scurvy if you were a 18th century pirate on a long - haul voyage.

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

It was taken on long voyages and prevented scurvy in the crew because it preserved sufficient quantities of vitamin C.

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.

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.

Scurvy begins with a weak and lacklustre body and mind, then progresses to the bleeding gums and unsightly blotches on the hands.

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

Failure to consume proper amounts will result in scurvy, involving liver spots on the skin, spongy gums and bleeding from the mucus membranes.

However one day a medical officer on board put two and two together and realised that nobody who ever ate oranges got scurvy.

Eventually, scientists fed sailors on long haul flights around the British Empire citrus fruits and noticed that scurvy mysteriously didn't occur.

Our last post (on scurvy) argued that very low - carb dieters are probably inefficient at recycling vitamin C from its oxidized form, dehydroascorbic acid or DHAA.

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].

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.

If a guinea pig has been diagnosed with scurvy, it is critical that he be started on vitamin C immediately.

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.

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.

Scurvy Scallywags in the Voyage to Discover the Ultimate Sea Shanty Now Available on iOS Devices

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.