Vitamin deficiencies and excess

Vitamin A
Sources: green, yellow to orange-colored vegetables Deficiency: xerophthalmia, night-blindness, reproductive failure Excess: slow growth, drying and cracking of skin, enlargement of liver and spleen, swelling and pain of long bones, bone fragility,

Vitamin B complex
Sources: green leafy vegetables, whole-grain or enriched cereals; legumes; nuts Deficiency: peripheral neuritis, Pernicious anemia, dermatitis, diarrhea Excess: not usual, B3- neuropathy

Vitamin C
Sources: Citrus fruits, tomatoes, berries, cantaloupe, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, potatoes; cooking has destructive effect Deficiency: scurvy: poor wound healing, bleeding gums Excess: Adverse effects usually not serious; osmotic diarrhea, other gastrointestinal symptoms; oxaluria

Vitamin D
Sunshine vitamin Deficiency: osteomalacia, rickets, hypocalcemia Excess: hypercalcemia

Vitamin E
Sources: Vegetable oils, seeds, nuts, green leafy vegetables Deficiency: Red cell hemolysis in premature infants; posterior column and cerebellar dysfunction; pigmentary retinopathy Excess: Unknown

Vitamin K
Sources: good bacteria in the intestines; Green leafy vegetables, liver, and certain legumes and plant oils Deficiency: bleeding Excess: not established