Question

“Vitamins are essential for our metabolic process.” What happens if we devoid our diet of Vitamins?

Answer 1

Vitamins are micronutrients required in small amounts for vital biochemical and metabolic processes. If vitamins are completely removed from the diet, metabolism gets disturbed and specific deficiency diseases appear: lack of vitamin A causes night blindness and dry skin; vitamin D deficiency causes rickets and weak bones; vitamin B1 deficiency causes beri-beri; vitamin B3 deficiency causes pellagra; vitamin B12/folate deficiency causes anaemia; and vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy. Immunity also weakens, growth is delayed, and normal body functions become impaired.