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Deficiency of vitamins in the food leads:

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certain specific diseases

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the temperature of the body becomes variable

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C

the body is not able to digest food

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D

the body becomes physically weak

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The correct option is A certain specific diseases
Deficiency of the vitamins in the food causes certain specific disease.
Example: Deficiency of vitamin A in food causes Night blindness and deficiency of vitamin C causes scurvy, etc.

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