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: Not having a balanced diet can cause a deficiency disease.
Some Deficiency diseases you should know:
*[[Starvation]] - Not enough food, especially carbohydrates and [[Lipid|fats]]. This can be cured by eating more food.*[[Kwashiorkor]] - Not enough [[protein]]. This can be cured by eating more meat, beans or lentils.*[[Anemia]] - Not enough [[Iron]]. This can be cured by eating more red meat or spinach.*[[Scurvy]] - Not enough Vitamin ]]CVitaminC. This can be cured by eating [[Citrus]] fruits.*[[Rickets]] - Not enough [[Vitamin D]]. - This can be cured by eating more fish, drinking more milk or spending more time in [[The Sun]] as the skin can make [[Vitamin D]] with the help of sunlight.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Not enough food, especially foods with a lot of energy, causes you to become too thin.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Too much food, especially foods with a lot of energy, causes you to gain weight and increases the risk of heart attack.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Not enough [[Vitamin C]] causes your wounds to stop healing, sores to appear on the tongue and skin and teeth to fall out.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Not enough [[protein]] causes your [[organ]]s to swell.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Not enough [[Vitamin D]] causes [[bone]]s to become bendy.
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