Nutrients required to give birth to HEALTHY CHILD 3
Nutrients required to give birth to Healthy child 3
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Water soluble vitamins
Vitamins
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Main Functions
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Deficiency
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Thiamin (B1)
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Involved in the release of
energy from carbohydrate. It is important for the brain and nerves, which use
glucose for their energy needs.
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Deficiency leads to beriberi.
Alcoholics sometimes develop deficiency.
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Riboflavin (B2)
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Involved in energy release, especially
from fat and protein.
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Deficiency includes changes to
the mucous membrane and skin around the mouth and nose.
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Vitamin B6(Pyridoxine)
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Involved in the metabolism of
protein.
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Deficiency may occur as a
complication of disease and drug effects.
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B12
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Is necessary for the proper
formation of blood cells and functioning of the nervous system.
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Deficiency leads to pernicious
anaemia.
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Folate
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Essential to cell division and
in the formation of blood cells. Also involved in homocysteine metabolism.
Adequate folate intake prior to conception and in the early stages of
pregnancy reduces the risk of neural tube defects in babies.
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Deficiency leads to
megaloblastic anaemia.
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