User blog comment:YourPrivateNightmare/Why I think the Gangplank rework failed/@comment-24704296-20150725183347/@comment-5588011-20150725225129

They totally are there for comedic reasons. Orange don't restore cuts, impalement, burns, freezing, slowing in real-life. They do in this universe because it's a joke that pirates eat oranges. Sure it may have been based off reality - where it was a way to prevent scurvy but in this game it totally is a joke.