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5.5 — Case Study Questions

Q.In reference to the picture (Vitamin Chart) answer the following questions: a. What is the other name of Vitamin B1? b. Deficiencies of B9 can cause______. c. Vitamin ________ helps in maintaining hair colour.

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a and b come straight from this chapter's own Table 2.i (water-soluble vitamins); c depends on a label printed only on the picture itself, which honestly can't be verified without seeing that exact chart.

a. Other name of Vitamin B1: Table 2.i lists it directly as "Thiamine (vitamin B1)" — it works as a coenzyme (Thiamine pyrophosphate) needed for energy metabolism, nerve function, and DNA/RNA synthesis.

b. Deficiency of B9: Table 2.i lists Folic acid/Folate (vitamin B9) as needed for "making DNA and new cells, especially red blood cells," formation of neurotransmitters, and maintaining normal blood pressure. Since it is specifically needed for red-blood-cell formation, a deficiency is well understood (both in general nutrition science and as a logical extension of the book's own stated function) to cause megaloblastic (macrocytic) anaemia. …

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