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Not even a lime in his beer. (goodnews).(college student develops scurvy)(Brief Article)

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A junk food diet of sodas, cookies, sweets and chocolate--with no fruits and vegetables--has caused a college student to develop scurvy.

Although he was eating a sufficient number of calories per day, researchers estimated that his vitamin C intake was about 0.1 milligram per day--virtually none compared to the 90 milligrams of recommended daily allowance (RDA) for non-smoking men.

And the RDA figure is generally considered extremely low by many nutritionists, who routinely ...

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