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Cause
Vitamin C deficiency:Ascorbic acid protects DNA, proteins, and vessel walls from free radicals and more importantly enables the enzymes that synthesize collagen to react multiple times.
The Latin name for Scurvy is Scorbutus
Initial Symptoms:
Fatigue
A general sense of irritability and misery that I’m sure has nothing to do with poor economic conditions or isolation on a ship for months with pilgrims or pirates
Pain in limbs, mostly legs.
The symptoms of scurvy start to appear after a person has been without a sufficient source of Ascorbic acid for three months.
Corkscrew Hairs
Brittle hair that grows all screwy and has tiny bruises or even sometimes bleeding at the base
Gross GumsGums can swell and bleed, loosen, and no longer be able to hold teeth in. Fortunately Ascorbic acid comes in lots of non-chewable forms.
Day 2 of scurvy. Just kidding. This dude has a lot of
scurvy days behind him.
Or lady, I can’t tell
Severe Joint Pain
Bleeding inside of joints can cause pain so severe that an individual may not be able to walk.
Vision Problems
Blurred vision and light sensitivity are caused by bleeding inside your eyes
Extreme close up of Blackbeard during a poetry reading aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge.
Heart and Lung Problems
Shortness of breath, low, blood pressure,
and chest pain leading to shock and death.
Modern Groups at Risk: People that eat less than 2 servings of fruits and vegetables a day-Elderly-Children-Alcoholics-Bachelors or Widowers-People on weird diets that they may have seen on TV-people with psychiatric aversions to 2 servings of fruits and vegetables a day
People with medical conditions that prevent the intake and absorption of Ascorbic acid
-Dialysis patients-People with Crohns Disease-People with malabsorption disorders
Treatment
Oral Ascorbic Acid
Spontaneous bleeding stops within a day
Bleeding and sore gums heal in 2-3 days
Ecchymoses heal within 12 days
Muscle and Bone pain quickly dissappear
B-Fast PlanWaffles With Blueberries
7 Waffles with Strawberries
85 Waffles with melonand pinapple
75
12oz Orange Juice 186 12oz Orange Juice 186 12oz Orange Juice 186
Bacon Ham Sausage links
Potatoes and red peppers
141 Yogurt with oranges 35 Yogurt with papaya 117
TOTALS 334 306 378
Lunch PlanChicken wrap with red peppers and broccoli slaw
68 Turkey sandwich with kale tomato and hummus
22 Taco salad with tomatoes, chilis and red peppers
74
Strawberry c monster 900 Grapefuit juice 94 Citrus C monster 900
Orange 70 Kiwi 164 cantaloupe 202
TOTALS 1038 280 1176
Dinner PlanStuffed Pepper 71 Pasta Primavera 139 Delicious Steak
Tomato Juice 67 Milk Milk
Cantaloupe 202 Fruit Salad with papaya
138 Fresh Broccoli 63
TOTALS 340 277 63
DAILY TOTAL 1712 863 1567
QUESTIONS:
Vitamin C is identified as what acid?Ascorbic
What is the Latin name for the disease associated with ascorbic acid deficiency?Scorbutus
After switching to a diet devoid of vitamin C (ascorbic acid ), how much time will normally pass before initial symptoms of Scorbutus (Scurvy) develop?About three months
Sources:
• http://productnutrition.thecoca-colacompany.com/welcome• http://fnicsearch.nal.usda.gov• Disguised As the Devil: How Lyme Disease Created Witches and Changed
History By M. M. Drymon• http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/125350-overview• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Scurvy/Pages/Symptoms.aspx• “Scurvy Is Still Present in Developed Countries” Journal of General and
Internal Medicine Bertha Velandia, MD, Robert M. Centor, MD, Vicky McConnell, MD and Mobin Shah, MD
• http://dermnetnz.org/systemic/scurvy.html• http://bio200-nutrition.wikispaces.com/