What is deficiency disease list some vitamin deficiency diseases?
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Most of the vitamins cannot be synthesized in our body but plants can may not contain a particular nutrient. If this continues over a long period of time, the person may suffer from its deficiency.
Deficiency of one or more nutrients can cause diseases or disorders in our body. Diseases that occur due to lack of nutrients over a long period are called deficiency diseases.
Vitamin A——— Night blindness
Vitamin B1———Beriberi
Vitamin B2——– Ariboflavinosis
Vitamin B3 ——–Pellagra
Vitamin B5 ——–Paresthesia
Vitamin B6 ——–Anemia
Vitamin B7 —— Dermatitis, enteritis
Vitamin B9 & Vitamin B12 —– Megaloblastic anemia
Vitamin C —— Scurvy, Swelling of Gums
Vitamin D —— Rickets & Osteomalacia
Vitamin E —— Less Fertility
Vitamin K —— Non-Clotting of Blood.
Vitamin Deficiency DiseasesVitamin Deficiency Diseases
Micronutrients – Vitamins and Minerals
https://www.dsm.com/content/dam/dsm/cworld/en_US/documents/what-are-micronutrients.pdf
Micronutrients, as opposed to macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates and fat), are comprised of vitamins and minerals which are required in small quantities to ensure normal metabolism, growth and physical well‐
Vitamins
These are essential organic nutrients, most of which are not made in the body, or only in insufficient amounts, and are mainly obtained through food.
When their intake is inadequate, vitamin deficiency disorders are the consequence.
Although vitamins are only present and required in minute quantities, compared to the macronutrients, they are as vital to health and need to be considered when determining nutrition security.
Each of the 13 vitamins known today have specific functions in the body: vitamin A, provitamin A (Beta‐carotene), vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, biotin, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, folic acid, vitamin K, niacin and pantothenic acid.
Minerals
These are inorganic nutrients that also play a key role in ensuring health and well‐
They include the trace elements copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium and zinc together with the macro elements calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium.
Five Important Micronutrients
As
Dietary fibres are also known as roughage. Roughage is mainly provided by plant products in our foods.
Whole grains and pulses, potatoes, fresh fruits and vegetables are main sources of roughage.
A disease caused by the lack of an element in the diet, usually a particular vitamin .
Dietary vitamins and minerals :
Calcium :
•Osteoporosis
•Rickets
•Tetany
Iodine deficiency:
•Goiter
Selenium deficiency
•Keshan
Iron deficiency
•anemia
Zinc
•Growth retardation
Thiamine (Vitamin B1)
•Beriberi
Niacin (Vitamin B3)
•Pellagra
Vitamin C
•Scurvy
Vitamin D
•Osteoporosis
•Rickets
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