Deficiency Diseases CBSE NCERT Class VI Science Lesson Video Lecture - Class 6

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children if your meal plate looks like
this then it means you are having a
balanced diet a diet for the right
proportion of carbohydrates fats
proteins minerals vitamins roughage and
water taking of a balanced diet is very
important otherwise while we suffer from
deficiency diseases let me tell you
about some of them when one eats food
which lacks proteins for a long time
then one can suffer from kwashiorkor
growth get stunted face smells up here
it's discolored it also causes skin
diseases and diarrhea a high protein
diet is recommended to cure cachaca and
if the food lacks both proteins and
carbohydrates then one suffers from
asthma growth stops completely marasmus
can be cured by taking a high-protein
and high carbohydrate diet many
deficiency diseases are caused due to
the lack of vitamins and minerals in our
daily diet lack of vitamin A in our diet
causes syrup thermia that's your vision
and night blindness a diet rich in
vitamin A comes from animal sources such
as eggs meat and dairy products also
from green leafy vegetables and
tensley color fruits and vegetables like
carrots
papaya etc lack of vitamin b1 causes
Very Berry which is signified by weak
muscles and very little energy to work
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vitamin b1 is found in fortified breads
cereals fish lean needs and milk and
they should be inducted in our diet
bleeding gums signifies lack of vitamin
C in our diet and the disease it's
called scurvy citrus fruits green
peppers strawberries tomatoes broccoli
and sweet and white potatoes are all
excellent food sources of vitamin C and
should be inducted in our diet a disease
called rickets is caused by the
deficiency of vitamin D in our diet it
is characterized by soft B and bent
bones
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Sonlight fish and milk a good sources of
this vitamin lack of minerals like
calcium causes we bones and weak teeth
and thus one should have calcium rich
food like dairy products green leafy
vegetables and meats lack of iodine
causes goiter
in this the thyroid gland present in the
neck region gets enlarged and the next
fence up even mental disability can
offer
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the best way to have iodine is by adding
iodized salt in a food which is provided
by a government and also by eating sea
fishes another mineral which is very
important for our body is iron
deficiency of iron can cause anemia
which further causes immense weakness
and fatigue in our body food rich in
iron like meat egg spinach will help us
in fighting anemia so children I hope
you will simply eat a balanced diet to
live a balanced and healthy life
thank you have a healthy day
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