Question

what are vitamins? why they are important? mention (any 3) deficiency disorders caused by inadequate intake.???​

Answer 1

Answer:

Vitamins are organic compunds which are important for the growth of human beings. It is required in small amounts.

They are important because they promote normal growth and nutrition to the body.

3 deficiency disorders caused by their inadequate intake:-

1. Nightblindness - Vitamin A
2. Rickets - Vitamin D
3. Scurvy - Vitamin C

Answer 2

vitamin is an organic molecule that is present in food and is an essential micronutrient that an organism needs in small quantities for the proper functioning of its metabolism. several disorders can take place if vitamin is present in inadequate quantities like-
1.goitre-it is a disorder takes place due to deficiency of vitamin and iodine and cause the inflammation of the thyroid glands
2.night blindness -it occurs to deficiency of vitamin A and leads to eritated or loss of brightness in eyes.
3.rickets-it is caused either at birth or at young age due to deficiency of vitamin D and leads to breaking of bones and joints due to less calcium and phosphate mineralisation in bones

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