Nutritional Needs and Deficiency

Nutrient Functions Deficie Sources

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Vitamin A *Promotes growth
*Increase resistance
Blindness Leafy green and
Yellow
to vegetables
infection
* Prevent eye
diseases

*Helps maintain good Beri-beri Whole enriched

Vitamin appetite Cereals, mongo,
B1 beans,pork,milk,
egg
Thiamine Yolk and nut

Phosphor *Help build strong

bones and teeth
Poor bones and Cereals, milk
Teeth formation and
us cheese

Calcium Develop strong and

dense bones
Osteoporosis Milk, cheese,
yogurt,
 *Helps maintain Hypertension Legumes, whole
Magnesiu Normal muscle and grain and
m and Cardio-vascular vegetables
nerve function diseases such as spinach
*Keep heart
rhythm
Steady
* Support a
healthy immune
system
*Essential for our Nervous Disorder Corn oil, leafy
Vitamin E growth and vegetable
survival

Vitamin D *Promotes normal

bones and teeth
Rickets Margarine, butter,
milk,cheese and
development liver
* Prevents rickets

*Promotes Scurvy
Vitamin C physical
health and
stamina
*Essential for Anemia Pork, poultry
Vitamin normal products and fish
 * Aids in Pellagra Green leafy
Vitamin metabolism of vegetables,
B3 fats and lean meat,
carbohydrates chicken, cheese
Niacin and egg

Vitamin * Helps maintain

healthy skin
Cracking of skin Cheese, eggs,
meat and leafy
B2 * Helps maintain green legumes
proper growth
and development

Iron * Helps new

muscle cell and
Anemia Beef, chicken,
legumes,
obtain oxygen for enriched or whole
energy grains and green
leafy vegetables

Iodine *Regulates the

growth of energy
Retarded growth
and Goiter
Sea food, shrimp,
fish, shell,
metabolism seaweed and
*Prevents goiter vegetables.
Beriberi- is anervous
systemailment caused by athiamine
(vitamin b1) deficiencyin the diet.
Osteoporosis is adiseaseofbones that
leads to an increased risk offracture.
Ricketsis a softening of bones in children due
to deficiency or impaired metabolism ofvitamin D
Scurvyis a disease resulting from a
deficiency ofvitamin C
Anemia - Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia is a low
red blood cell count due to a lack ofvitamin B12
Pellagra-is a deficiency disease most
commonly caused by a lack
ofniacin(vitamin B3) in the diet.
Goiter is a term that refers to an enlargement of the
thyroid and can be associated with a thyroid gland that is
functioning properly or not
SHORT QUIZ
1. A disease resulting from Vit. C deficiency.
2. Vitamin B3 is also known as __________.
3. Is a nervous system ailments caused by
Vit. B1 deficiency in diet.
4. Vitamin B1 is also known as __________.
5. Bone disease that leads to an increased
risk of fracture .
6. Is a term that refers to an enlargement
of the thyroid.
Contd.
7. Deficiency disease cause by a lack
of niacin in the diet.
8. It is the softening of bones in the
children.
9. Vitamin B12 deficiency.
10. It develops strong and dense
bones.
Answer:
1. Scurvy
2. Niacin
3. Beri-beri
4. Thiamine
5. Osteoporosis
6. Goiter
7. Pellagra
8. Rickets
9. Anemia
10. Calcium