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Vitamins are essential nutrients needed by our body. Only small amounts of vitamins are synthesized in our body and hence supplements are sometimes necessary. For a healthy life, all ingredients are required to maintain normal body function and deficiency of any of the essential nutrients leads to impairment of body function. Importance of nutrients & vitamin supplements increases in people suffering from chronic illnesses & also in patients in a recovery phase. In old age group, subclinical vitamin & trace mineral deficiency is very common.
Common symptoms due to vitamin deficiency are: