Category : 6th Class
Components of Food
Synopsis
The sources of different components of food are listed below
Energy giving foods |
Body building foods |
Protective foods |
Cereals, sugar, potato. honey, oils and fats |
Milk, pulses, cheese, eggs, fish, meat |
Fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs |
Vitamins |
Deficiency Diseases |
Vitamin A |
Night blindness (Poor night vision) |
Vitamin \[{{B}_{1}}\] |
Beri-beri |
Vitamin \[{{B}_{2}}\] |
Skin diseases |
Vitamin \[{{B}_{3}}\] |
Pellagra (Affects the skin, digestive and nervous system) |
Vitamin \[{{B}_{12}}\] |
Anaemia (Deficiency of RBC's) |
Vitamin C |
Scurvy (Bleeding of gums, swelling of joints) |
Vitamin D |
Rickets (Weak bones) |
Vitamin K |
Haemorrhage (Clotting of blood affected) |
Minerals |
Deficiency diseases |
Calcium |
Brittle bones and stunted growth |
Phosphorus |
Weak or fragile bones and teeth, body weakness |
Sodium |
Dehydration, extreme body weakness |
Potassium |
Muscle weakness, paralysis |
Iron |
Anaemia (Weakness) |
Iodine |
Goitre (glands in the neck appear swollen) abnormal metabolism |
Fluorine |
Dental decay |
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