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How are vitamins useful to us? Tabulate the sources, deficiency diseases and symptoms of fat-soluble vitamins.

Vitamins are substances which are required in trace amounts in our body and they carry out some vital functions.

Vitamins are not synthesized in our body but since they are required to carry out some vital functions they need to be taken in the diet in order to fulfill the requirement.


● There are two types of vitamins depending on their solubility- Fat-soluble vitamins and Water-soluble vitamins.


● Fat-soluble vitamins- Those vitamins which are soluble in fat but are not soluble in water are called Fat-soluble vitamins.


● Water-soluble vitamins- Those vitamins which are soluble in water but are not soluble in fats are called Water-soluble vitamins.


● Following are the sources, deficiency diseases and symptoms of fat soluble vitamins:







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