Scurvy can be prevented by eating lots and lots of fruit and veg or anything that has added vitamin c . In the olden days the diet was a lot more limited as fresh fruit and vegetables were hard to get hold of.

Nowadays you can find cures or vaccinations for diseases to prevent them happening diseases such

as: Measles, Mumps, Rubella and many more.

Scurvy doesn’t have a cure but you can prevent it by making sure you have a

healthy supply of vitamin c in your daily diet.

Scurvy was a main part of WW1 And WW2 as fruit and veg /vitamin c could not be grown or shipped over from foreign countries.

Recommendations•

recommend eating fruits such as: Lemons, Limes & Grapefruit.

also recommend leafy green vegetables such as: Spinach, Brussels sprouts, Cabbage & Lettuce.

So does the internet!

Doctors in 1614 found that any acid could prevent Scurvy if ascorbic acid was unavailable.

Bacteria are living all around us and if a Scurvy germ gets in to your body

fight it with fruit and veg

Scurvy can not be stopped once it has started the infection will eventually result in death!