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High concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids, precursors of certain eicosanoids that are known to reduce inflammation in the body, can promote health by supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and in providing antioxidant nutrients for preservation and free radical protection.

(A) supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and in providing
(B) supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and the provision of
(C) supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and providing
(D) means of supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and in the provision of
(E) means of supporting the immune system, by enriching the blood and providing

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Supporting....Enriching....Providing.
Only C is parallel.
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High concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids, precursors of certain eicosanoids that are known to reduce inflammation in the body, can promote health by supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and in providing antioxidant nutrients for preservation and free radical protection.

(A) supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and in providing
(B) supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and the provision of
(C) supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and providing ......correct..parallel structure
(D) means of supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and in the provision of
(E) means of supporting the immune system, by enriching the blood and providing
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C is the correct answer because only sentence with the correct parallelism.

supporting, enriching and providing

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High concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids, precursors of certain eicosanoids that are known to reduce inflammation in the body, can promote health by supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and in providing antioxidant nutrients for preservation and free radical protection.

(A) supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and in providing
(B) supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and the provision of
(C) supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and providing
(D) means of supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and in the provision of
(E) means of supporting the immune system, by enriching the blood and providing

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Answer - C
Concepts tested: Parallelism

The list includes the ways by which omega-3 fatty acids promote health. The items on this list must be parallel.
A - supporting… enriching… in providing à not parallel. The ‘in’ in item 3 is unnecessary.
B - supporting… enriching… provision of à not parallel. Items 1 and 2 are verbs whereas item 3 is a noun.
C – This option is parallel and hence is right.
D - ‘by means of’ is unnecessarily wordy. Within the list, supporting… enriching… in the provision of à not parallel. Items 1 and 2 are verbs whereas item 3 is a noun.
E - supporting… by enriching… providing à not parallel. The ‘by’ in item 2 is unnecessary. Thus, the correct answer is option C.
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High concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids, precursors of certain eicosanoids that are known to reduce inflammation in the body, can promote health by supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and in providing antioxidant nutrients for preservation and free radical protection.

(A) supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and in providing
(B) supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and the provision of
(C) supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and providing
(D) means of supporting the immune system, enriching the blood and in the provision of
(E) means of supporting the immune system, by enriching the blood and providing

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Must be (C) for correct Parallelism usage -

High concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids, precursors of certain eicosanoids that are known to reduce inflammation in the body, can promote health by
    supporting the immune system,
    enriching the blood and
    providing antioxidant nutrients for preservation and free radical protection.
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