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Re:Eating Too Much Rice Almost Doomed Japan's Imperial Navy by Marazan on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @04:09AM (#20028162)
Ironically limes have less vitamin C content than lemons so don't do as well at combating scurvy.

The British used limes as they had easier/controlled access to them than lemons.

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Re:Eating Too Much Rice Almost Doomed Japan's Imperial Navy by iguy on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @04:16AM (#20028186)
Worse than this: they switched from lemons to limes, assuming that they were equivalent (and cheaper). And then came to doubt the theory that citrus prevented scurvy as some pre-modern pre-scientific relic.
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Re:Eating Too Much Rice Almost Doomed Japan's Imperial Navy by logfromblammo on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @10:27AM (#20030377)
Even more ironically, sargassum seaweed floats on the ocean, and is higher in vitamin C than citrus fruit.
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