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Deficiency of one of the following, causes loss of appetite, mental confusion, fatigue and muscle depletion.

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Vitamin K
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Vitamin C
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Thiamine
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Riboflavin
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Solution

The correct option is C Thiamine
Deficiency of vitamin thiamine in diet leads to disease beriberi. The important symptoms of this disease are loss of appetite, fatigue, muscle atrophy, paralysis, mental confusion, and cardiac oedema.

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