Calories consumed in excess of those with which the body needs to be provided to maintain its weight are normally stored as fat and the body gains weight. Alcoholic beverages are laden with calories. However, those people who regularly drink two or three alcoholic beverages a day and thereby exceed the caloric intake necessary to maintain their weight do not in general gain weight.
Main Group: People who drink two or three alcoholic beverages a day and thereby exceed the caloric intake necessary to maintain their weight
Main Issue: They don't gain weight
That's odd! How is that possible?
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(A) Some people who regularly drink two or three alcoholic beverages a day avoid exceeding the caloric intake necessary to maintain their weight by decreasing caloric intake from other sources.
Wrong Group. This group avoid exceeding the caloric intake. (A) is out.
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(B) Excess calories consumed by people who regularly drink two or three alcoholic beverages a day tend to be dissipated as heat.
Hmm.. Excess calories are dissipated as heat -> explains why they did not gain weight. This is promising. Hang on to this.
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(C) Some people who do not drink alcoholic beverages but who eat high-calorie foods do not gain weight.
This group doesn't drink alcohol— what a waste of life. Wrong group. (C) is out.
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(D) Many people who regularly drink more than three alcoholic beverages a day do not gain weight.
This group —alcoholic group— drinks more than the main group. (D) is out.
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(E) Some people who take in fewer calories than are normally necessary to maintain their weight do not lose weight.
This group takes fewer calories than the main group. (E) is out.
Only (B) is left. (B) is our correct Answer.
Take away: Most wrong answer choices presented in Paradox question type usually discuss the
WRONG GROUP, the
WRONG ISSUE, or
BOTH. This particular question, as long as you can identify the Main Group, you can eliminate all the wrong answer choices . Hence, saving time.
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