Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Vitamins Sources,Uses and Diseases due to their Deficiency

Vitamins:-
Vitamins are specific organic compounds which are required by our bodies to prevent specific diseases but cannot be produced by our bodies.
There are different types of vitamins given below.
⊙Vitamin (A):-
▷Sources:-
Milk, butter  ,fish oil ,eggs, fresh green vegetables .
▷Necessary for:-
Eyes  and skin
▷Deficiency symptoms: -
Night blindness, dry skin
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⊙Vitamin (B) (a group of several vitamins) :-
▷Sources:-
Whole meal bread, rice ,yeast liver, soybeans, fresh green vegetables.
▷Necessary for :-
Energy production in cells, nerves ,skin.
▷Deficiency symptoms: -
Skin diseases, tongue inflammation, anemia ,bleeding gums.
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⊙Vitamin (C) :-
▷Sources:-
Oranges ,lemons, tomatoes, fresh green vegetables.
▷Necessary for:-
Blood vessels ,gums, healing wounds, preventing colds.
▷Deficiency Symptoms: -
Scurvy
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Vitamin (D):-
▷Sources: -
Milk, butter ,eggs ,fish oils.
▷Necessary for:-
Bones ,teeth .
▷Deficiency symptoms: -
Rickets, osteomalacia.
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⊙Vitamin (E):-
▷Sources: -
Whole meal bread ,rice ,eggs, butter, fresh green vegetables.
▷Necessary for:-
Antioxidant.
▷Deficiency symptoms: -
Hemolysis of red blood cells, sterility.
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⊙Vitamin (K):-
▷Sources: -
Fresh green vegetables, liver.
▷Necessary for:-
Clotting of blood.
▷Deficiency symptoms: -
Hemorrhage delayed blood clotting.
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