VITAMIN A

FUNCTIONS:
FOOD SOURCES:
• Formation of visual pigment for good
• Liver
vision in dim light
• Fish-liver oil
• Keeps the cornea, the skin, and the
• Milk
lining of the alimentary canal and the
• Cheese
respiratory system healthy
• Eggs
• Green vegetables
DEFICIENCY DISEASES/SYMPTOMS:
• Night blindness
• Thickening of the cornea
• Dry skin and an increased risk of
infection of the lining of the respiratory
system
VITAMIN B
FUNCTIONS: FOOD SOURCES:
• Helps release energy from • cereals
glucose during the reactions • beans
of respiration • Fish
• Formation of red blood cells • Milk
• Cheese
DEFICIENCY • Egg
DISEASES/SYMPTOMS: • Green vegetables
• Fatigue
• Beri-beri
• Anaemia
VITAMIN C
FUNCTIONS: FOOD SOURCES:
• Helps heal wounds • Fresh citrus fruits
• Maintain healthy gums, teeth • Green vegetables
and skin

DEFICIENCY
DISEASES/SYMPTOMS:
• Scurvy
VITAMIN D
FUNCTIONS: FOOD SOURCES:
• Helps absorb calcium and • Liver
phosphorus, and hence the • Fish-liver oil
formation of healthy bones • Milk
and teeth • Cheese
• Eggs
DEFICIENCY
DISEASES/SYMPTOMS:
• Rickets
• Osteoporosis
VITAMIN K
FUNCTIONS:
• Blood clotting FOOD SOURCES:
• Liver
DEFICIENCY • Green vegetables
DISEASES/SYMPTOMS: • Tea
• Poor blood clotting