Tag: food and human health

 In kwashiorkor, there is a decrease in the human serum albumin levels. This decrease leads to a deficiency in the protein levels of an individual. This causes accumulation of fluids in the tissue which further causes swelling. This swelling is most common in the abdominal region. The swelling can mainly be attributed to the retention of water in the blood plasma by the osmotic pressure created because of the decreased number of albumins and globulins.

So, the correct answer is 'Albumin and globulins retain water in the blood plasma by their osmotic effects'.

Marasmus is due to protein-energy deficiency that can occur any time if the infant is not provided with sufficient milk. Kwashiorkor mostly occurs due to nonutilisation of protein in the diet caused by aflatoxin accumulation.

• Kwashiorkor, a disease of protein malnutrition, causes low level of blood proteins (serum albumins), which cause poor return of tissue fluid through capillaries. It leads to the swelling of tissues through  increase of its tissue fluid  which results into oedema.
• So,(D) albumin is the correct option. 

• The yellows disease of tea, the nature of which has hitherto remained obscure, has caused serious losses to planters in Nyasaland. It is characterized by a progressive degeneration of the bush, in which the leaves become chlorotic, small, uprolled and of stiff texture, and are finally shed.It is caused due to the deficiency of Nitrogen.