In Africa and South-East Asia,people prefer to consume more bread and butter than pulses. Which deficiency disease are they likely to suffer from?

  • A
    Beri-beri
  • B
    Xerophthalmia
  • C
    Scurvy
  • D
    Kwashiorkor

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$IV.$ Occurs in those countries where the staple diet is polished rice.
$V.$ The symptoms are pain from neuritis,paralysis,muscle wasting,progressive oedema,mental deterioration and finally heart failure.

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