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Minerals are needed in a very small amount. Different minerals are present in
different food like milk products and milk, fish, green leafy vegetables, nuts

and soyabean.
Have a look at what some minerals do for us :

Deficiency
Deficiency
Deficiency
Minerals Functions Sources
Minerals
Minerals
Sources
Sources
Functions
Functions
Diseases
Diseases
Diseases
Calcium builds bones and teeth, strengthens cheese, milk, weak bones
gums and helps the body to use almonds
vitamin C
Iodine helps in proper growth of the body iodized salt, sea food goitre
Iron builds red blood cells and cashew nuts, anaemia
helps us to be active sesame seeds
Phosphorus improves appetite and peas, beans, green and weak bones
helps in growth leafy vegetables and teeth

Vitamins

The world ‘vita ’ means life . Vitamins are not a
source of energy. They are protective food as

they help our body to fight diseases. They are an
important nutrient because they help different

body systems to function properly. Fresh fruits
and vegetables are a rich source of vitamins.

Vitamins, like minerals, are needed in very small amounts.
Some of the nutrients and their sources are given in th e table below :

Deficiency disease
Deficiency disease
Nutrients
Food rich in nutrients
Food rich in nutrients
Nutrients
Nutrients Deficiency disease Food rich in nutrients
Carbohydrates marasmus sugar, rice, potatoes,
wheat, maize, honey, cereals
Proteins kwashiorkor fish, meat, eggs, cereals, pulses,
milk, cheese, paneer, soyabean
Calcium and improper development milk, green leafy vegetables,

Phosphorus of bones and teeth pulses, nuts, meat, fish
Iodine goitre fish, sea-food, iodized salt

Iron anaemia pulses, spinach, green leafy
vegetables, cereals, eggs

Vitamin A night blindness butter, milk, carrot, spinach,
green leafy vegetables

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