Question

Analyse the following information and answer the questions:

Vitamins	Resources	Deficiency symptoms
Thiamine	Cereals, oil seeds, vegetables, milk, meat, fish, eggs	Vomiting, fits, loss of appetite, difficulty in breathing, paralysis
Retinol	Leafy vegetables, carrot, tomato, pumpkin, papaya, mango, meat, fish, egg, liver, milk, cod liver oil, Shark liver oil	Night blindness, Xeropthalmia, Cornea failure, scaly skin
Calciferol	Liver, egg, cod liver oil, Shark liver oil	Improper formation of bones, knock-knees, swollen wrists, delayed dentition, weak bones
Tocoferol	Fruits, vegetables, sprouts, sunflower oil	Sterility in males, abortions in females
Phyllocpainone	Green leafy vegetables, milk, meat, eggs	Delay in blood clotting, over-bleeding
Ascorbic acid	Green leafy vegetables, Citrus fruits, sprouts, carrot	Delay in healing of wounds

(i) Which vitamin deficiency can cause diseases related to bones ?

(ii) Which vitamins do we get by eating fruits ?

(iii) Which vitamin deficiency can cause Paralysis ? To prevent it, what type of food should be taken?

(iv) To avoid vitamin deficiency diseases, what type of food should be consumed?

Answer 1

(i) The deficiency of vitamin calciferol (D) results in the diseases which are related to bones.

(ii) Tocopherol and ascorbic acid are the two vitamins which are obtained by eating the fruits.

(iii) The deficiency of vitamin thiamine causes paralysis. To prevent the condition, we should eat cereals, oil seeds, vegetables, milk, meat, fish and eggs.

(iv) We should eat healthy foods which are rich sources of vitamins like the fruits, vegetables, egg, fish, meat, milk and sprouts.