Scurvy - the disease that killed more British sailors than the French and Spanish betweeen the 16th and 18th centuries - is back.

According to Sky News:

Scurvy is re-emerging due to modern diets and cost of living pressures, doctors in Australia reveal

The cost of living crisis, obesity and ultra-processed foods in diets may be to blame for people not getting enough vitamin C and developing scurvy, doctors say.

Apparently everyone can afford a mobile phone but not an orange or vitamin C tablet.

The solution in the past was rum, which was added to lime juice and is why British sailors got the nickname 'limeys' for watering down the golden nectar with fruit juice.