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The green leafy vegetables are a good source of fiber in the diet. They also contain essential vitamins and minerals. Without the vegetables in normal diet one can get deficiency as listed below: |
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Green Leafy Vegetables Spinach, fenugreek, cabbage, lettuce, mint, coriander leaves and colocassia leaves. |
Vitamin A, vitamin K, riboflavin, iron magnesium, sodium, fluoride and potassium. |
Night blindness, keratinazation of skin epithelium, increased susceptibility to hemorrhage, cheilosis, [cracks at corners of mouth] dermatitis [cracks around nose and mouth]. Glossitis [inflammation of the mouth.] uncontrolled neuromuscular tremors undesirable calcification of soft tissues, anemia and dental caries. |
Root Vegetables Beetroot, carrot, onions, potatoes, radish, sweet potato and yam. |
Potassium, sodium, and phosphorus. |
Growth retardation, osmotic imbalance. |
Other VegetablesBitter gourd, bottle gourd,
brinjal, cauliflower, cucumber, drumstick, capsicum, French beans, ladies finger and
tinda. |
Calcium, phosphorus, vitamin C, Carotene, magnesium, potassium and sodium. |
Night blindness, scurvy, bone diseases like osteoporosis, irritability in infants, anorexia, anemia, growth retardation, osmotic imbalance, uncontrolled neuromuscular tremors and undesirable calcification. |
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