Assertion: β carotene | /r/HasProperty | provitamin a
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text: The decrease of content of β-carotene (provitamin A) coincides with the main dry season (35°C–40°C and 00 mm for temperature and rainfall, respectively).
text: iron, zinc, and vitamin A. VAD is prevalent among the poor who depend mainly on rice for their daily energy uptake, because rice grains do not contain any β-carotene (provitamin A), which our body could in turn convert into vitamin A. Dependence on rice as the predominant food source, therefore, necessarily leads to VAD , which has the most severe effects on children and pregnant women.