#most cases of keratosis pillaris are subclinical scurvy | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

3liza · 3 months ago

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scurvy has got to have one of the biggest disease/treatment coolness gaps of all time. like yeah too much time at sea will afflict you with a curse where your body starts unraveling and old wounds come back to haunt you like vengeful ghosts. unless☝️you eat a lemon

#long post #sickposting #scientific papers #magnesium #please note the food nutrition research dates #produce had declined in nutrients by 20% between the 1970s and the 1990s #the latest study quoted was in 2004(?)#so its worse now #also everyone in the tags celebrating that scurvy is a rare or antiquated disease: you are wrong #most cases of keratosis pillaris are subclinical scurvy #a lot of gum irritation and mouth sensitivity is actually low grade scurvy #do you get corkscrew hairs stuck inside your follicles a lot on arms and legs? very possibly scurvy #you are probably getting “enough” vitamin c to survive and be basically okay #but you are likely also to have periods where you are not getting all that you actually need #its why vitamin c is such a magnet for quack doctors #because you can actually give it to most americans and see improvment quickly

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