Vegetables

Vegetables

Nutritional importance: Vegetables are rich source of Vitamins, minerals, proteins &roughages which enrich human health, therefore, the vegetable are called as protective food 

      1) Due to deficiencies of calories and proteins, the children are born under weight or their death rate is more

2)   The xerophthalmia disease is observed in children is due to deficiency of Vitamin 'A'

3)   Due to deficiency of Vitamin 'C', the children become more susceptible to cold and the lips get cracked.

4)   Due to deficiency of Vitamin 'B' Beri-beri disease is caused. The Symptoms observed due to this disease are ulcers of mouth and weakness.

*) Daily requirement of vegetables in balanced diet is about 300 g out of 300 g. , green leafy vegetable, root vegetable & other vegetables should be 1.25 g, 100 g & 75 g., respectively