IMPORTANT short NOTES on VITAMINS, SOURCES & DEFICIENCY DISEASES

 

What are vitamins?

 *Answer:* 

organic compounds are required in

small amounts in our diet but their deficiency causes specific diseases.

These compounds are called vitamins.

List of Vitamins,sources &Their Deficiency diseases:-

 *1- Vitamin “A”:* 

 *Source:* Fish liver oil, carrots,

butter and milk

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

Night blindness

 *2- Vitamin “B1”:* 

 *Source:* 

Yeast, milk, green

vegetables and cereals

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

 Beriberi

 **3- Vitamin “B2”:* 

 *Source:** 

Milk, eggwhite, liver,

kidney

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

 Ariboflavinosis

 4- Vitamin “B3”:

 Source:

Liver,Chicken Breast. 

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

Pellagra

 *5- Vitamin “B5”:* 

 *Source:* 

Fortified cereals.

Organ meats (liver, kidney)

Beef.Chicken breast.

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

 Parestheia

 *6- Vitamin “B6”:* 

 *Source:*

 Yeast, milk, egg yolk,cereals and grams

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

Anemia

 *7- Vitamin “B7”:* 

 *Source:* 

Egg yolks. Eggs are full of B vitamins, protein, iron, and phosphorus

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

 Dermititis and enteritis

 *8- Vitamin “B9” - “B12”:* 

 *Source:* 

Meat, fish, egg and

curd

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

 Megaloblastic anemia

 *9- Vitamin “B17”:* 

 **Source:**  carrots,raw almonds,appricoats

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

Cancer

 *10- Vitamin “C”:* 

 *Source:* 

Citrus fruits, amla and

green leafy vegetables

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

 Scurvy and swelling of gums

 *11- Vitamin “D”:* 

 *Source* :

Exposure to sunlight,

fish and egg yolk,

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

Rickets and Osteomalacia

 *12- Vitamin “E”:* 

 *Source:* 

Vegetable oils like wheat

germ oil, sunflower oil,

etc

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

less fertility

 *13- Vitamin “K”:* 

 *Source:* 

Green leafy vegetables

 *Deficiency diseases:* 

 Non-Clotting of blood