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Answer» Nutrient, their sources, effects deficiency and pleaty (excursiveness) diseases caused by them: | S.No. | Nutrients of food | Sources | Functions | Deficiency/Excess in take | | 1 | Carbohydrates | Cereals, Potato, banana, Jaggery, Sugar | Energy production | weakness, obesity increases | | 2 | Protein | Pulses, Eggs, Meat, Mushroom, Soyabean, | body formation | deficiency causes kwashiorkor excess causes shapelessness of body | | 3 | Fats | Ghee,oil,Meat | Energy production and body formation | Deficiency causes weakness and excess causes obesity | | 4 | Vitamin A | Yellow Suits, carrot | healthy eyes | deficiency causes night blindness | | Vitamin B | Green leafy vegetables, Beans | strong muscles | deficiency causes beri-beri | | Vitamin C | Lemon, tomato, amla | healthy gums | Deficiency causes scurvy | | Vitamin D | Sunlight | healthy bones | deficiency causes rickets | | Vitamin E | Cucumber, fruits, vegetables | Fertility | deficiency can cause infertility | | Vitamin K | Spiwach/palak, fenugreek, milk | Blood clotting | deficiency did not cause blood to clot | | 5 | Mineral salts, Calcium and Phosphorous, | Milk, eggs | development of bones and teeth | weakness of teeth and bones, excess causes shapelessness of bones | | Iron | Spiwach/Palak, brinjal, fenugreek | preparation of haemoglobin | deficiency causes Anemia | | Iodine | iodised salt or iodised water | thyroid gland | deficiency causes Goitre |
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