Nutrition Challenge & Illness

Individual nutrition challenges and Corresponding Illness

Nutrients	Deficiency	Excess
Energy	Starvation, Marasmus	Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus, Crdiovascular Disease
Simple Carbohydrates	None	Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus,
Complex Carbohydrates	None	Obesity
Saturated Fat	Low Sex hormone level	Cardiovascular Disease
Unsaturated Fat	None	Obesity
Fat	malabsorption of fat soluble vitamins, Rabbit Starvation (if Protein Intake is High) during development: stunted brain development and reduced brain weight.	during development: stunted brain development and reduced brain weigh
Cholestrol	During development: deficiencies in myelinization of the brain	Cardiovascular Disease
Protein	Kwashiorkor
Sodium	Hyponetremia	Hyponetremia, Hypertension
Iron	Anaemia	Cirrhosis, Cardiovascular Disease
Iodine	Goitre, Hypothyroidism	Iodine toxicity (Goitre, Hypothyroidism)
Vitamine A	Xeropthalmia and night blindness, low testosterone levels	hypervitaminosis A (cirrhosis, hair loss)
Vitamine B1	beriberi
Vitamine B2	Cracking of skin and corneal unclearation
Vitamine B12	pernicious anemia
Vitamine C	scurvy	diarrhea causing dehydration
Vitamine D	rickets	hypervitaminosis D (dehydration, vomiting, constipation)
Vitamine E	nervous disorders	hypervitaminosis E (anticoagulant: excessive bleeding)
Vitamine K	haemorrhage
Calcium	Osteoporosis, tetany, carpopedal spasm, laryngospasm, cardiac arrhythmias	fatigue, depression, confusion, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, constipation, pancreatitis
Magnesium	hypertension	weakness, nausea, vomiting, impaired breathing, and hypotension
Potassium	hypokalemia, cardiac arrhythmias	hyperkalemia, palpitations