Following table shows different components of food and disease caused due to deficiency of nutrients with their symptoms:
| S.No |
Nutrients of food |
Disease |
Characteristics/symptoms |
| 1 |
Carbohydrates |
Weakness |
obesity increases |
| 2 |
Protein |
Kwashiorkor |
excess causes shapelessness of body |
| 3 |
Fats |
Weakness |
excess causes obesity |
| 4 |
Vitamin A |
night blindness |
weakness of eyes |
| Vitamin B |
Beri-Beri |
weakness |
| Vitamin C |
Scurvy |
disease of gums and teeth |
| Vitamin D |
Rickets |
weakness of bone |
| Vitamin E |
Infertility |
weak reproduction power |
| Vitamin K |
Blood Clotting |
excess flow of blood |
| 5. |
Mineral salts, |
Development of |
weakness of teeth and bones, excess |
| Calcium and Phosphorous, |
bones, and teeth |
causes shapelessness of bones |
| Iron |
Anaemia |
deficiency causes weakness |
| Iodine |
Goitre |
increase of thyroid gland |
