Name: What Is a Balanced Diet?
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 2 min 50 s
Description: We eat when we are hungry but are we sure if we are taking all the minerals that are required for our body? Watch this video to know about a balanced diet.

Question

How are deficiency diseases caused in human beings? Briefly explain the effects of eating food, which is deficient in carbohydrates and fats.

Accepted Answer

Diseases caused by lack of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals in everyday meals over a long period of time are called deficiency diseases. Such diseases occur in human beings due to wrong food habits. Deficiency diseases can also occur due to poverty. Poor people cannot afford to buy all the food items to be included in a balanced diet. So, they also suffer from deficiency diseases.

We get maximum energy from food items rich in carbohydrates. The lack of carbohydrates in food may cause weakness and lack of stamina, ill health, laziness and being underweight. People who do more physical work need more carbohydrates in their food. Fats are required in very less quantity by our body. However, fats help to dissolve certain vitamins like A, D, E, and K in the body. Lack of sufficient fat in our diet may cause poor absorption of these fat soluble vitamins and may cause vitamin deficiency diseases.

How are deficiency diseases caused in human beings? Briefly explain the effects of eating food, which is deficient in carbohydrates and fats.

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