history: I have heard that it is beneficial to take vitamin C when you are experiencing cold symptoms.
knowledge: The disease scurvy is prevented and treated with vitamin C-containing foods or dietary supplements.
response: I don't know about its effect on colds, but I know that it prevents scurvy.
history: I have heard that it is beneficial to take vitamin C when you are experiencing cold symptoms.
I don't know about its effect on colds, but I know that it prevents scurvy.
What exactly is scurvy?
knowledge: Scurvy is a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C. Early symptoms include weakness, feeling tired, and sore arms and legs.
response: It's a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C. Initially victims feel weak and tired, and might have sore arms and legs.
history: I have heard that it is beneficial to take vitamin C when you are experiencing cold symptoms.
I don't know about its effect on colds, but I know that it prevents scurvy.
What exactly is scurvy?
It's a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C. Initially victims feel weak and tired, and might have sore arms and legs.
Has it been proven that vitamin C actually prevents scurvy?
knowledge: In modern times, it occurs most commonly in people with mental disorders, unusual eating habits, alcoholism, and old people who live alone.
response: I'm not sure, but I know in the modern day the people who get it usually have mental disorders, weird eating habits, alcoholism, or are old people living alone.
history: I have heard that it is beneficial to take vitamin C when you are experiencing cold symptoms.
I don't know about its effect on colds, but I know that it prevents scurvy.
What exactly is scurvy?
It's a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C. Initially victims feel weak and tired, and might have sore arms and legs.
Has it been proven that vitamin C actually prevents scurvy?
I'm not sure, but I know in the modern day the people who get it usually have mental disorders, weird eating habits, alcoholism, or are old people living alone.
Oh, I see. How long does it take for scurvy to set in?
knowledge: It takes at least a month of little to no vitamin C before symptoms occur.
response: It takes a month or more of low vitamin C for symptoms to start.
history: I have heard that it is beneficial to take vitamin C when you are experiencing cold symptoms.
I don't know about its effect on colds, but I know that it prevents scurvy.
What exactly is scurvy?
It's a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C. Initially victims feel weak and tired, and might have sore arms and legs.
Has it been proven that vitamin C actually prevents scurvy?
I'm not sure, but I know in the modern day the people who get it usually have mental disorders, weird eating habits, alcoholism, or are old people living alone.
Oh, I see. How long does it take for scurvy to set in?
It takes a month or more of low vitamin C for symptoms to start.
It is good to know that such a debilitating illness is easily prevented.
knowledge: By conducting one of the first ever clinical trials, he developed the theory that citrus fruits cured scurvy.
response: Interestingly, one of the first clinical trials involved the discovery that citrus cured scurvy.