Name 5 essential nutrients and the result of their deficiency.?!


Question:

Name 5 essential nutrients and the result of their deficiency.?


Answers:
Sodium = Hyponatremia
Potassium = Hypokalemia
Vitamins = hypovitaminosis
Iron = anemia (IDA) Iron Deficiency Anemia
Magnesium = hypomagnesemia

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Vitamin K - blood won't clot.
Vitamin A - poor eyesight.
Vitamin D - rickets.
Iron - anemia.
Vitamin C - scurvy.

protiens....deficiency causes marasmus or kwashiorkor(sp)
vitamin a...deficiency causes night blindness(xerophthalmia)
vitamin b1...deficiency causes beri beri
vitamin b5...deficiency causes pallegra
vitamin c...deficiency causes scurvy
vitamin d and calcium...deficiency causes rickets
ok...im telling u more than 5...
iron...deficiency causes anaemia
iodine deficiency causes goitre
i guess thats it...hope i helped

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