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Importance of three vitamins and three minerals in our daily life |
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Answer» Answer: Explanation: Vitamins and MINERALS are often called micronutrients because your body needs only tiny amounts of them. Yet failing to get even those small quantities VIRTUALLY guarantees disease. Here are a few examples of diseases that can result from vitamin deficiencies: Scurvy. Old-time sailors learned that living for months without fresh fruits or vegetables—the main sources of vitamin C—causes the bleeding gums and listlessness of scurvy. Blindness. In some developing countries, people still become blind from vitamin A deficiency. Rickets. A deficiency in vitamin D can cause rickets, a CONDITION marked by soft, weak bones that can lead to skeletal deformities such as bowed legs. Partly to combat rickets, the U.S. has fortified milk with vitamin D since the 1930 |
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