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Eating garlic reduces the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood and so helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Evidence that eating garlic reduces these levels is that a group of patients taking a garlic tablet each day for four months showed a 12 percent reduction in cholesterol and a 17 percent reduction in triglycerides; over the same period, a group of similar patients taking a medically inert tablet showed only a 2 percent reduction in triglycerides and a 3 percent reduction in cholesterol.

It would be most important to determine which one of the following in evaluating the argument?

(A) whether the garlic tablets are readily available to the public
(B) what the diets of the two groups were during the period
(C) what effect taking the garlic tablets each day for a period of less than four months had on the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides
(D) whether large amounts of garlic are well tolerated by all patients
(E) whether the manufacturer of the garlic tablets cites the study in its advertising
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Eating garlic reduces the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood and so helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Evidence that eating garlic reduces these levels is that a group of patients taking a garlic tablet each day for four months showed a 12 percent reduction in cholesterol and a 17 percent reduction in triglycerides; over the same period, a group of similar patients taking a medically inert tablet showed only a 2 percent reduction in triglycerides and a 3 percent reduction in cholesterol.

It would be most important to determine which one of the following in evaluating the argument?

(A) whether the garlic tablets are readily available to the public
(B) what the diets of the two groups were during the period
(C) what effect taking the garlic tablets each day for a period of less than four months had on the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides
(D) whether large amounts of garlic are well tolerated by all patients
(E) whether the manufacturer of the garlic tablets cites the study in its advertising
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Easy one, if you pay attention to the stimulus...

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Group A : Eating Garlic = 12% reduction in cholesterol + 17% reduction in triglycerides
Group B : Taking medically inert tablet = 3 % reduction in cholesterol + 2 % reduction in triglycerides
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Prethink - The author cites an observation from a control group and comes to the conclusion that eating Garlic reduces cholesterol & Cholesterol, thus the author assumes that except intake of garlic / inert tablet the group doesn't perform any other activity ( like Diet / Exercise / Sleep / Lifestyle change etc.... )

Check the options , except (B) none of the options match our prethinking ( Errors in other options marked in red ) , so our answer is (B)
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Eating garlic reduces the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood and so helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Evidence that eating garlic reduces these levels is that a group of patients taking a garlic tablet each day for four months showed a 12 percent reduction in cholesterol and a 17 percent reduction in triglycerides; over the same period, a group of similar patients taking a medically inert tablet showed only a 2 percent reduction in triglycerides and a 3 percent reduction in cholesterol.

It would be most important to determine which one of the following in evaluating the argument?

(A) whether the garlic tablets are readily available to the public
(B) what the diets of the two groups were during the period
(C) what effect taking the garlic tablets each day for a period of less than four months had on the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides
(D) whether large amounts of garlic are well tolerated by all patients
(E) whether the manufacturer of the garlic tablets cites the study in its advertising
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The argument mentions eating garlic reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and to support that assertion, the argument provides the examples of two groups of people who took garlic tablet and inert tablet. To evaluate the statement, It is needed to understand two things (1) Preexisting health situation of the two control groups (2) Other habits of the two control groups that are different. Since the argument says the patient groups are similar, we need to look for other habits. option B is spot on coz it talks about the food habits of the two groups which play an important role in deciding risk of cardiovascular disease.

Option C is the close answer but not right because, its position can be addressed directly from the argument without needing to make or break the argument. We cannot say if the assertion made in argument is valid or not by answering option C's question hence its not right.
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Eating garlic reduces the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood and so helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Evidence that eating garlic reduces these levels is that a group of patients taking a garlic tablet each day for four months showed a 12 percent reduction in cholesterol and a 17 percent reduction in triglycerides; over the same period, a group of similar patients taking a medically inert tablet showed only a 2 percent reduction in triglycerides and a 3 percent reduction in cholesterol.

It would be most important to determine which one of the following in evaluating the argument?

(A) whether the garlic tablets are readily available to the public
(B) what the diets of the two groups were during the period
(C) what effect taking the garlic tablets each day for a period of less than four months had on the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides
(D) whether large amounts of garlic are well tolerated by all patients
(E) whether the manufacturer of the garlic tablets cites the study in its advertising



The argument mentions eating garlic reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and to support that assertion, the argument provides the examples of two groups of people who took garlic tablet and inert tablet. To evaluate the statement, It is needed to understand two things (1) Preexisting health situation of the two control groups (2) Other habits of the two control groups that are different. Since the argument says the patient groups are similar, we need to look for other habits. option B is spot on coz it talks about the food habits of the two groups which play an important role in deciding risk of cardiovascular disease.

Option C is the close answer but not right because, its position can be addressed directly from the argument without needing to make or break the argument. We cannot say if the assertion made in argument is valid or not by answering option C's question hence its not right.
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I disagree with you since C talks about what effect if patients only take tablet LESS than 4 months,
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Eating garlic reduces the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood and so helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Evidence that eating garlic reduces these levels is that a group of patients taking a garlic tablet each day for four months showed a 12 percent reduction in cholesterol and a 17 percent reduction in triglycerides; over the same period, a group of similar patients taking a medically inert tablet showed only a 2 percent reduction in triglycerides and a 3 percent reduction in cholesterol.

It would be most important to determine which one of the following in evaluating the argument?

(A) whether the garlic tablets are readily available to the public
(B) what the diets of the two groups were during the period
(C) what effect taking the garlic tablets each day for a period of less than four months had on the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides
(D) whether large amounts of garlic are well tolerated by all patients
(E) whether the manufacturer of the garlic tablets cites the study in its advertising



The argument mentions eating garlic reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and to support that assertion, the argument provides the examples of two groups of people who took garlic tablet and inert tablet. To evaluate the statement, It is needed to understand two things (1) Preexisting health situation of the two control groups (2) Other habits of the two control groups that are different. Since the argument says the patient groups are similar, we need to look for other habits. option B is spot on coz it talks about the food habits of the two groups which play an important role in deciding risk of cardiovascular disease.

Option C is the close answer but not right because, its position can be addressed directly from the argument without needing to make or break the argument. We cannot say if the assertion made in argument is valid or not by answering option C's question hence its not right.
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I disagree with you since C talks about what effect if patients only take tablet LESS than 4 months,
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