Vitamins:
By now many vitamins have been discovered, but the most prominent of all these are vitamins A, B, C, D, E and K. The details about the sources and functions of various vitamins have been given below:
Sources:
It is available in plenty in milk, curd, butter, cheese, egg, fish, fresh vegetables such as spinach, carrot, cabbage and tomato, orange, mango, papaya, fig, etc.
1. Vitamin A:
The following are the functions of vitamin A-
- It improves eyesight.
- It increases appetite.
- It keeps digestive function normal.
- It helps in the development and strengthening of body.
Diseases which are produced due to the deficiency of the vitamin ‘A’:
- The lack of vitamin A causes night blindness.
- The skin becomes dry.
- Nose, throat, eyes and skin become more prone to infectious diseased.
- The body becomes weak and’its development stops.
- The lungs get weakened.
