Folate (folic acid) deficiency - answer-spina bifida: in babies affects the spine and body
development
-anencephaly: brain never developed
-megaloblastic anemia- not able to properly carry 02
Cobalamin (B12) deficiency - answer pernicious anemia- decrease in red blood cells
when the body cant obsorb B12
-older adults, stomach cancer
-causes problems with nerves *vegetarians
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) deficiency - answer-scurvy, bone pain and fractures,
depression, anemia
-toxicity doesn't exist
What is the best source of vitamin D? - answersunlight
Pyridoxine (B6) deficiency - answernormally occurs with other vitamin B deficiency
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