VAD compromises the immune systems of approximately 40
percent of children under five in the developing world, greatly increasing the
severeness of common childhood infections, often leading to deadly outcomes.
VAD is most severe in Southeast Asia and Africa. For the 400 million
rice-consuming poor, the medical consequences are fatal: impaired vision—, in
extreme cases irreversible blindness; impaired epithelial integrity, exposing
the affected individuals to infections; reduced immune response; impaired
haemopoiesis (and hence reduced capacity to transport oxygen in the blood) and
skeletal growth; among other debilitating afflictions. Rice containing provitamin A could
substantially reduce the problems described above…..To Read More….
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Sunday, January 25, 2015
Vitamin A Deficiency-Related Disorders (VADD)
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