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Disease Bari Bari is because of____________________?

Correct answer: C. Use of milled rice

  • A. Lack of green vegetable in diet
  • B. Definitely of calcium in bone
  • C. Use of milled rice
  • D. Poor use of citrus

Explanation

Beriberi results from a deficiency of thiamine, or vitamin B1, and is classically associated with eating polished or milled rice because milling removes much of the vitamin-rich outer layer. The other options describe deficiencies more closely linked with scurvy or bone disorders.

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