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Vitamin B1 sources

7. Night Blindness

Night blindness is characterized by;

 Poor night vision which can worsen to blindness

 Sore eyes

 Throat infections and colds

The cause of this disease is attributed to the deficiency of Vita-

min A in the body. In worsened situations, night blindness can

aggravate to complete loss of vision.

The safest way to enhance the Vitamin A levels in the body is

by consuming natural food sources like:

carrots, green and leafy vegetables such as spinach, lettuce,

parsley chicken or mutton liver, silver/sardine fish (Mukene),

tomatoes etc.