Lack of Vitamin \( B_1 \) causes:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Beri beri
Vitamins are needed in small amounts, and the lack of each causes a particular deficiency disease. Vitamin B1 (thiamine), found in yeast, milk, green vegetables and cereals, is a water-soluble vitamin that cannot be stored in the body; its deficiency causes beri beri (loss of appetite, retarded growth).
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