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Source of calcium

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Dairy foods, beans, cabbage

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Function of calcium

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  1. Constituent of bones, enamel

2. Required for clotting of blood, muscle contractions

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Deficiency disease of calcium

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  1. Rickets: poor skeletal growth
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Deficiency diseases of sodium

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Muscular cramps

Nerve impulses don’t get transported

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Source of sodium

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Table salt

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Function of sodium

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  1. Regulates acid-base equilibrium
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Sources of iron

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Whole cereals, fish, nut, egg yolk, liver, kidney

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Deficiency diseases of sodium

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Muscular cramps

Nerve impulses don’t get transpired

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Sources of iron

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Whole cereals, fish, nut, egg yolk, liver, kidney

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Sources of iron

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Whole cereals, fish, nut, egg yolk, liver, kidney

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Function of iron

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Synthesis of hemoglobin associated with oxidation, reduction reactions

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Deficiency diseases of iron

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Anemia (deficiency of hemoglobin in blood)

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Source of iodine

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Iodized salt, water, seafoods

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Source of iodine

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Iodized salt, water, seafoods

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Function of iodine

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Component of thyroxin hormone secreted by thyroid gland

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16
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Deficiency diseases of iodine

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Goitre, cretinism in children (poor mental and physical growth)

17
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Fat soluble vitamins

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Vitamins that can be dissolved in fat and stored in the body

Include vitamins A D E K

18
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Water soluble vitamins

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Vitamins that are stored in water reportedly

B complex and c

19
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Rich sources of vitamin a

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Butter
Egg yolk
Liver
Milk

20
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Define vitamins

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Chemical substances required in minute amounts to maintain healthy body

21
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Function of vitamin A

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Promotes growth

Resists infection of skin

22
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Scientific Name of vitamin A

A

Retinol

23
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Deficiency diseases of vitamin A

A

Night blindness

Xerophthal( dryness of cornea + ulceration)

24
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Source of vitamin D

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Fish liver oils
Milk
Eggs
Produced by UV in skin

24
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Source of vitamin D

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Fish liver oils
Milk
Eggs
Produced by UV in skin

25
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Function of vitamin D

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Helps body use phosphorous, calcium to form bones and teeth

26
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Deficiency diseases of vitamin D

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Rickets(bones lack Ca and become soft)

Osteomalachia adults

27
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scientific name of vitamin D

A

Calciferol

28
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Scientific name of vitamin E

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Tocopherol

29
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Sources of vitamin E

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Meat milk whole wheat

30
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Functions of vitamin E

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Prevents oxidation of vitamin A

31
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Deficiency diseases of vitamin E

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Sterility in rats

32
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Scientific name of vit K

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Phylloquinone

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