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Despite eating citrus most days, I developed scurvy as a result of dietary malabsorption. Now I have to take vitamin C supplements (among others).
Yarrr
Is it reversible?
Oh yeah. I just needed to take a lot of vision C supplements. And still need to keep taking them, of course.
Was the citrus lacking vitamin C, or were you unable to absorb it for some reason?
I can't imagine growing citrus that was so utterly lacking in vitamin C as to cause scurvy. It takes very little.
Unable to absorb it. Chronic diarrhea has led me to have all kinds of nutritional deficiencies.