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• does not show interest in anything.

• shows loose skin and sunken eyes.

2. Deficiency of Vitamins: Vitamins keeps us healthy and helps us fight germs,
which enter our body. Vitamins are essential for normal growth of the body. There are
mainly four vitamins present in our diet – vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin D.

a. Deficiency of Vitamin A: In our country,
many children become blind every year
due to deficiency of vitamin A. They
cannot see in the dim light, causing night

blindness. To prevent blindness among
children, they should be given vitamin
A drops twice a year for the first three
years.

Dark green leafy vegetables like palak,

cholai, methi. Yellow vegetables like carrots
and pumpkin, Yellow fruits like mango and
papaya, animal food like eggs and liver,
fish oil, milk and milk products are all rich
sources of vitamin A.
b. Deficiency of Vitamin B: Red and raw
tongue, cracks at the corner of the mouth,

pain and loss of sensation in the limbs, Vitamin A-rich foods
skin of hands becoming rough, dry and
scaly, loss of appetite in children are some
of the main health problems caused by the
deficiency of vitamin B. The deficiency of
vitamin B causes BeriBeri.
Green leafy beans, sprouted pulses,milk

and milk products, eggs, meat, fish,liver
are rich sources of vitamin B.
c. Deficiency of Vitamin C: Vitamin C is

necessary to keep the body tissues intact. Vitamin B-rich foods
Bleeding of gums, loosening of teeth,
cavity of gums. The disease scurvy
occurs due to the deficiency of vitamin
C.

Foods rich in vitamin C are sprouted
gram, tomato, lemon, gooseberry, green Vitamin C-rich foods
coriander, orange, mango and mint leaves. Scurvy

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