Scurvy, Underneath Your Radar Screen

Scurvy is a rather unattractive word. Only the term went away, but this deficiency disease remains today as the most prevalent entry point for a host of chronic conditions. The British Navy “solved” acute scurvy by supplying limes and citrus fruits to sailors whose teeth fell out and otherwise died in agony during long voyages. Other antiscorbutic fruits and vegetables were found and utilized as time went on.  Not learning from the history of earlier remedies, pharmaceutical medicine disavows th...