Question

Explain why our body needs vitamin A. Ans:​

Answer 1

Answer:

Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in many foods. Vitamin A is important for normal vision, the immune system, and reproduction. Vitamin A also helps the heart, lungs, kidneys, and other organs work properly. There are two different types of vitamin A.

Answer 2

Explanation:

1. Vitamins are those basic energy requirements needed for the proper growth of our body.
2. Following are the reasons why we need Vitamin A :

• Part of Rhodispin
• Enables our eye to adjust different ammount of availability of light.
• Fluctuations in Retinol levels can cause deficiencies with eye sight.

3. Deficiency diseases:

• Xeroxis - Inflamed eye lids
• Xerophalamia- Blindness

Deficiency causes:

• Night blindness
• Slow adaptation to darkness
• Glare blindness.

Symptoms:

• Vison changes
• Cornia dryness
• Skin changes
• Kidney stones.