To avoid this, it is first important to ensure that the lactating mother should receive adequate proteins for her body. Then, a child should be breast fed until an appropriate age. These diseases (depending on their severity) can be overcome by having the child consume some protein-rich foods such as jaggery, peanuts, wheat, corn, and gram in appropriate amounts. Apart from these severe diseases, protein deficiency may also be visible in the form of certain symptoms that can affect adults too.