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Prepare a balanced diet menu for a day specifying meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a teenager like yourself.
Given below is an incomplete table of vitamins, their rich sources and the related deficiency diseases. Fill in the blanks [(i)-(viii)] with only one suitable word for each.
Vitamin Rich source Deficiency disease (i) …… Whole grain Beri-beri Niacin Milk (ii) …… (iii) …… (iv) …… Scurvy Calciferol (v) …… (vi) …… (vii) …… Carrot, yellow fruit (viii) …… Complete the following table by filling the blanks.
Mineral Function Rich source Iodine …… …… …… Formation of haemoglobin …… Calcium …… …… Potassium …… …… Akshay studied a flow-chart showing the role of nutrients in the human body. It shows that all the nutrients are important for various metabolic activities of the body.
(a) Mention the simplest form of carbohydrates which releases energy on its oxidation.
(b) Write two important roles of fat in our body.
(c) Name the mineral element which is required for the synthesis of the hormone produced by thyroid gland.