Why are vitamin A and vitamin C essential to us? Given their important sources.

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Vitamins are essential for us because they protect us from different diseases. Every vitamin is specific in its function.

The deficiency of vitamin A leads to xerophthalmia (hardening of the cornea of the eye) and night blindness. The deficiency of vitamin C leads to scurvy (bleeding gums).

$\begin{matrix} V i t a m i n & D e f i c i e n c y d i s e a s e & S o u r c e s V i t a m i n A & X e r o p h t a l m i a o r n i g h t b l i n d n e s s (h a r d e n i n g o f c o r n e a o f e y e) & F i s h l i v e r o i l, c a r r o t s, b u t t e r a n d m i l k V i t a m i n C & S c u r v y (b l e e d i n g g u m s) & C i t r u s f r u i t s, a m l a a n d g r e e n l e a f y v e g e t a b l e s, \end{matrix}$

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