The cost-of-living squeeze and poor diets are putting people at a higher risk of developing scurvy, with a case caused by an acute vitamin C deficiency recently treated at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth.

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    19 hours ago

    I would not have thought this possible, since Vitamin C is added to so many processed foods these days.

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      10 hours ago

      Is it cheaper to leave vitamin C away? Or is it a conservation/by product? I’m asking because if they can leave it away they’ll do so. But I’m no expert in food processing nor vitamin addition laws.

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        10 hours ago

        Sometimes it’s used for flavour, and sometimes it is used to regulate acidity.

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      13 hours ago

      We thought we cured scury, like, 6 times and it keeps coming back.