[Fai Mao]

I guess that explains my hair! LOL

[nopardons]

Good grief...who gets scurvy now-a-days?

How bleeding STUPID are these people who have it?

Don't they teach about this is schools anymore?

[alexander_busek]

Maybe I overlooked it, but did the article ever mention the ethnicity of the affected demographic?

For all we know the only scurvy-victims they are registering are all refugees.

[...] there are still plenty of people - from all walks of life [e.g.: refugees from Pakistan, refugees from India, boat-people from Malaysia, asylum-seekers from Indonesia, etc.] - who are not getting the messages.

Regards,

[odds]

Reasons are:

1. Junk/fast food, processed food consumption. Often little time, so it’s convenient.
2. Diabetics are particularly at risk but they often limit their consumption of fresh fruit, *worrying* about raising their blood glucose levels.
3. Overcooking fresh veggies.

In most cases, vit c deficiency can be solved by taking a vit c tablet daily combined with a healthy diet. It’s that simple if people get the message & pay attention to their health.

[Scram1]

The limes being purchased for the Limeys were the cheap ones and didn’t stop the disease. Not all limes have the same amount of vitamin C content quality.

[Enlightened1]

Limes are great, but I think Lemons are better.

Squeeze 1/2 or full a lemon in water every morning will go a long way in terms of health.

[Gay State Conservative]

Unless I'm mistaken Australia would have regions where oranges grow well.Scurvy? Yikes!

[Madam Theophilus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bymKIPaTws

Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling talk on Vitamin C and heart disease at Standford Medical Center