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The correct answer is Amla, Spinach, Jaggery

• Nutrients are necessary for the growth, energy, repair, and maintenance of the body.
• Nutrients are classified as Macronutrients and Micronutrients.
• Carbohydrates, Calories, and Proteins are an example of Macronutrients.

Key Points

Micronutrients:

• Micronutrients are the elements required by us in small quantities.
• Iron, cobalt, chromium, iodine, copper, zinc, and molybdenum are some of the micronutrients.
• Deficiency of any of the nutrients affects growth and development.
• They play a major role in the metabolic activities of the body.
• ​These include vitamins and minerals.

Important PointsIron:

• Iron is important in making red blood cells, which carry oxygen around the body.
• A lack of iron can lead to iron-deficiency anemia.
• Good sources of iron include:
  • liver 
  • red meat
  • beans, such as red kidney beans, edamame beans and chickpeas
  • nuts
  • dried fruit – such as dried apricots
  • fortified breakfast cereals
  • soy products
  • Amla, spinach, peas, lentils
  • Jaggery

​Thus, Amla, Spinach, Jaggery are rich sources of iron.Additional Information

Concept:

• Diseases can be caused due to various underlying reasons. 
• Proper food and diet are necessary for fast recovery from any diseases.
• A doctor advises different types of food during different diseases.

Explanation:

Anaemia:

• Anaemia means having less ‘haemoglobin’ or iron in the blood.
• Haemoglobin is an iron-rich protein that is present in the blood and is responsible for transporting oxygen from the lungs to the tissue.
• Due to lack of iron, there is a decrease in the level of haemoglobin because of which, oxygen cannot be properly circulated throughout the body.
• Anaemia disease is a result of deficiency of Iron.
• Medicines are taken for strength.
• People should eat jaggery, amla and green leafy vegetables because these have iron.
• The desired limit for haemoglobin in a healthy individual should be 
  • For men: 13.5 to 17.5 gm/dl 
  • For women: 12.0 to 15.5 gm/dl 

Thus, the main cause of Anemia in human beings is the deficiency of iron.

Additional Information 

Deficiency of protein:

• Deficiency diseases: Kwashiorkor
• Sources: beans, dal, meat, soybean

Deficiency of calcium:

• Deficiency diseases: Osteoporosis
• Sources: Amla, milk, green vegetables and dairy products

Deficiency of vitamin A:

• Deficiency diseases: Night-blindness, Hyperkeratosis, and Keratomalacia
• Sources: Orange, ripe yellow fruits, leafy vegetables, carrots, pumpkin, squash, spinach, liver

Concept

• Vitamins are organic compounds.
• These are needed in small quantities for the proper functioning of the body.
• Vitamin B1 is a water-soluble vitamin.
• A deficiency of vitamin B1 causes Beri-Beri disease.
• Its active form is called Thiamine pyrophosphate.

Explanation

Grains

• Grains are a rich source of vitamin B1.
• Especially whole grains are a rich source of thiamine.

Thus, Vitamin B1 or thiamine is found in grains.

Additional Information 

Yeast 

• Yeast is an important source of Riboflavin or Vitamin B2

Rice

• Rice is also a good source of thiamine and niacin.
• It is also a good source of zinc and phosphorus.

Ghee

• Ghee is an excellent source of Vitamin E or tocopherol.

Concept:

• Vitamins are organic substances that are needed in sufficient quantities to maintain good health.
• Natural sources of vitamins are fruits and vegetables. 
• Our body, however, cannot synthesize them. Therefore, we need to consume natural sources such as fruits and vegetables. 
• Vitamins are divided into two groups water-soluble vitamins (Vitamins of B group and Vitamin C) and fat-soluble vitamins (Vitamins A, D, E, and K).​
• Each vitamin has a specific function and its deficiency leads to a particular deficiency disease.

Explanation:

Thiamine or vitamin B1:

Thus, vitamin B1 or Thiamine is destroyed by polishing rice.

Additional InformationOther vitamins:

Concept:

Vitamins:

• It is an organic compound.
• It is an essential nutrient for the body.
• It is required in small quantities.
• Different types of vitamins are required by the body.
• Vitamin means 'vital for life'.
• Vitamin is an organic non-protein substance.
• Vitamins are compounds necessary for the healthy functioning of our bodies.
• We need vitamins to help us grow, to see correctly, as well as to help us battle infections.
• It is required by an organism for normal metabolic function but cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantity by that organism.
• They are also required in small quantities to prevent deficiency diseases.

Explanation:

Vitamin C:

• It is also known as ascorbic acid.
• It helps to protect cells and keep them healthy.
• It helps to repair cell tissues.
• Helps in the proper functioning and builds resistance against infections for the immune system.

Major food containing vitamin C are:

• Broccoli
• Citrus fruits like orange, lemon
• Strawberries
• Kiwi
• Bell pepper

Thus the correct answer is, It builds resistance against infections.

Additional Information

The function of vitamins:

• Help shore up bones.
• Help heal wounds.
• Help boost the immune system.
• Act as a catalyst.
• Helps to provide energy.

Content:

• Diseases are primarily diagnosed by symptoms.
• Each disease or health condition has different symptoms, which can help in diagnosis. 

Explanation:

• Kwashiorkor is a PEM (Protein Energy Malnutrition) syndrome., which is highly characterized by a pot belly.
• Potbelly is a condition of a rotund stomach or when the belly protrudes out in a round shape, resembling a pot.
• This condition occurs due to a lack of protein in the diet,
  • which affects the balance and distribution of fluids in the body and
  • often leads to a swollen belly. 

Thus, children with a pot belly are indicative of symptoms of Kwashiorkor.

Additional Information

Concept:

Vitamin:

• Vitamins are organic substances that we require in adequate quantities for good health.
• Our body, cannot synthesise them.
• Therefore, we need to consume natural sources such as fruits and vegetables.
• Vitamins are divided into two groups fat-soluble vitamins (Vitamins A, D, E, and K) and water-soluble vitamins (Vitamins of B group and Vitamin C).

Explanation:

Thus, deficiency of Vitamin 'A' in the diet causes diseases like night blindness, keratomalacia and xerophthalmia. So all of these options are correct.

Additional InformationOther vitamins:

Concept

• Vitamins are organic compounds.
• They are found in natural foods
• The word vitamin combines the Latin words “vita” and “amine.”
• Which means life and nitrogen, respectively.
• Vitamin deficiency may cause some diseases, and overdose also causes diseases.
• Minerals are also inorganic compounds found in nature.
• They are essential for the human body to work properly.
• Deficiency of minerals leads to several disorders.

Explanation

They help carry out metabolic reactions

• Vitamins and minerals are considered essential nutrients.
• They perform hundreds of roles in the body.
•  They help shore up bones.
• heal wounds, and improve your immune system.
• They also help convert food into energy.
• Help repair cellular damage.
• They help to carry out metabolic reactions.

Thus, your body needs vitamins and minerals to carry out metabolic reactions.

Concept:

• Food nourishes our bodies and maintains our health.
• Vitamins are organic compounds that are needed by the body but that cannot be manufactured by the body.
• They mainly serve as catalysts for certain reactions in the body.
• The amounts of vitamins required are very small, perhaps hundredths of grams.
• Vitamins are mainly obtained from our foods.

Explanation:

• Vitamins are divided into two groups–
  • fat-soluble vitamins (Vitamins A, D, E, and K)
  • water-soluble vitamins (Vitamins of B group and Vitamin C).
• Eight of the water-soluble vitamins are known as the vitamin B-complex group.
• The body needs vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid or ascorbate to resist diseases and keep the gums and teeth healthy.
• Our bodies cannot store water-soluble vitamins.
• Hence, a daily intake of these vitamins is required in small amounts.

Thus, Vitamin B is a water-soluble vitamin.

Important Points 

Vitamin B

• The B vitamins are widely distributed in foods and their influence is felt in many parts of the body.
• They function as coenzymes that help the body obtain energy from food.
• The B vitamins are also important for normal appetite, good vision, healthy skin, the nervous system, and red blood cell formation.

Additional Information

Vitamin A

• It plays an important role in helping the eyes adjust to light changes.
• Vitamin A is supplied primarily by foods of animal origin such as dairy products, fish, and liver.

​Vitamin D

• ​Vitamin D plays a critical role in the body’s use of calcium and phosphorous.
• The primary food sources of vitamin D are milk and other dairy products fortified with vitamin D.
• Vitamin D is also found in oily fish (e.g. herring, salmon, and sardines) as well as in cod liver oil.

Vitamin E

• ​​Vitamin E benefits the body by acting as an antioxidant and protecting vitamins A and C, red blood cells, and essential fatty acids from the destruction

The correct answer is Endemic species.

Key Points  Endemic Species:

• These species are not naturally found anywhere else other than the areas where they are endemic.
• A particular type of animal or plant may be endemic to a zone, a state, or a country.
• For e.g. Sal and Wild mango are two endemic species of the Panchmarhi biosphere reserve.
• Bison, Indian giant squirrel, and flying squirrel are endemic fauna of this area.
• Note that a species can be endemic to more than one area, for e.g. Olive Ridley Sea Turtles are endemic to Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans.