Question : The deficiency of the Niacin vitamin of the B complex causes the disease _____.
Option 1: Marasmus
Option 2: Pellagra
Option 3: Rickets
Option 4: Night blindness
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Correct Answer: Pellagra
Solution : The correct option is Pellagra .
Pellagra is a nutritional deficiency illness caused by a dietary deficit of niacin (vitamin B3). Pellagra mainly affects communities that rely extensively on maize/corn-based diets and lack alternate sources of niacin. The three Ds of pellagra are dermatitis (skin rash), diarrhoea, and dementia, characteristic symptoms of niacin deficiency in this nutritional disorder.
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