Food Habits Vitamins

Spinach : Spinacia oleracea Vitamin A :

Food is obtained from plants and animals Food Source : Fish liver oil, egg, milk, ghee,
butter, carrot, corn, yellow fruits, greens
Nutrients: Deficiency disease : Night blindness
The constituents of the food which are essential Symptoms : Defective vision, blindness in dim
for the body are called nutrients. light

Carbohydrates and fats provide energy Vitamin B

Protein helps in growth of tissues and Source : Whole grains, pulses, unpolished rice,
body milk, fish, meat , peas, gram, raw vegetables
Vitamins helps in Psychological activities Deficiency disease : Deficiency of vitamin b1
Minerals act as a regulators in thiamine leads to beri beri disease
physiological activities Symptoms : Unhealthy nerve, muscle fatigue
water transport food and regualte body
Vitamin C
temperature
Source : Orange, lemon, gooseberry, green
Water content in vegetables, fruis and food items chillies, tomato
Deficiency disease : Scurvy
Name of the food Water content (in Symptoms : Bleeding gums
percent)
Water melon 99 Vitamin D
Cucumbur 95 Source : Fish-liver oil, milk, egg, it is also
synthesised by the skin with the help of sunlight.
Mushroom 92 Deficiency diseases : Rickets
Milk 87 Symptoms : Weak and bow bones
Potato 75
Vitamin E
Egg 73 Source : Vegetable oils, green vegetables, whole
A bread slice 25 wheat, Mango, Apple, Green
Deficiency diseases : Infertility
Deficienvy diseases and their symptoms Symptoms : Sterlity and reduction of immunity

Food source : Fish, meat, egg (albumin), milk, Vitamin K

peas, cereals Source : Green vegetables, Tomato, cabbage,
Egg, Milk and Milk products
Deficiency disease (1): Kwashiorkar (Children Deficiency disease : Haemorrhage (blood does
from 1- 5 age) not clot)
Symptoms : retarded growth, potbelly, swollen Symptoms : Loss of excessive blood even for a
limbs. small wound

Deficiency disease (2): Marasmus Minerals

Symptoms : Thin limbs, weak appearance, calcium : Milk, Fish, Wheat, Green Gram
enlarged head, loss of weight, retarded physical Deficiency : Disintegartion of bones and teeth
and mental growth. Symptoms : Weak bones and teeth

Iron : Meat, Apple, Greens, Dates

Deficiency disease : Anaemia
Symptoms : Body fatigue and giddiness
Iodine: Milk, Iodized Salt, Prawn, Crab
Deficiency disease : Goitre
Symptoms : Inflammation in neck