Vitamins and Nutrition

Deficiency of vitamin D - Rickets

Deficiency of vitamin C - Scurvy

Deficiency of vitamin B - Beri-Beri

So, scurvy is the disease which is prevented by the intake of citrus fruits. 

Vitamin A is the one which helps in keeping our skin and eyes healthy. Carbohydrates and fats are the energy providing foods and proteins are the basic building blocks of the body. Vitamin D also helps in maintaining the calcium requirements of the body. So, the deficiency of vitamin D and calcium in the body causes bones and tooth decay. 

Vitamin D maintains the proper functioning of bones and teeth. It also helps our body to use calcium and thus prevents rickets. 

Vitamin C helps body in fighting against infection and also in healing wounds. 

Vitamins are the major components of our balanced diet and are taken from outside sources, i.e. these cannot be synthesised by the body itself. Vitamin D is an exception, which is prepared by the body in the presence of sunlight.

Vitamin A helps in keeping our skin and eyes healthy. Carbohydrates and fats are energy providing foods and proteins are basic building blocks of the body.

For the optimal functioning of the body parts, one should have a balanced diet. Vitamins are the components of the food which help us in keeping our eyes, bones and teeth healthy. 

Vitamin D is synthesised in human body with the help of sun light.

Vitamin A is necessary for the synthesis of retinal pigment rhodopsin .

Vitamin C is a fat insoluble vitamin or water soluble vitamin.

Chemical name of vitamin C is ascorbic acid.

Antirickets vitamin is D or calciferol.

Vitamin C is found in amla, citrus fruit, etc.

The chemical name of vitamin D is calciferol.

The main sources of vitamin C or ascorbic acid are citrus fruits, gooseberries, tomatoes and potatoes.