Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or

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Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, a hormone that is needed to convert glucose into energy needed for daily life. Because ice cream commonly contains glucose in the form of sucrose, diabetics generally experience discomfort after consuming even a small serving of ice cream. However, since there are several ice cream companies who add sucrose to none of the ice cream they produce, diabetics are able to eat ice cream without experiencing discomfort due to glucose intolerance afterward.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

(A) These ice cream companies have been able to duplicate the taste of sucrose derived from glucose by means that do not involve adding any potential substances that may be of discomfort to diabetics.

(B) Not all forms of glucose are equally likely to result in this discomfort.

(C) Ice cream is not the only food to which glucose is commonly added.

(D) Apart from glucose, there are no substances commonly present in ice cream that would cause discomfort to diabetics.

(E) Glucose is not naturally present in the ice cream produced by these ice cream companies in amounts large enough to cause discomfort to diabetics who eat this ice cream.

The assumption will link the evidence, that:

there are several ice cream companies who add sucrose to none of the ice cream they produce

to the conclusion, that:

Diabetics are able to eat ice cream without experiencing discomfort due to glucose intolerance.

Choice  E  identifies such a link. The argument assumes that diabetics will not experience intolerance due to glucose. Thus the argument assumes that there is no glucose in the ice cream. The only evidence for this is that these ice cream companies do not ADD sucrose to their ice cream; this assumes that there is no glucose NATURALLY present, glucose that would cause discomfort to diabetics.

Choice A is out of the scope of the argument; that the ice cream companies do not add sucrose to their ice cream is given as evidence. Whether or not they can duplicate the taste of sucrose does not matter.

Choices B, C, and D are irrelevant.

Choice B: the assumption must link adding a form of glucose not resulting in discomfort.

Choice C: we are only concerned with ice cream.

Choice D: the conclusion of the argument is only concerned with  discomfort due to glucose intolerance ; we are not concerned with discomfort due to other substances. If there  were  other substances that cause discomfort to diabetics, the argument's conclusion would not be affected.

The correct answer is  E .

agdimple333 · Answer

I think of A or E as assumption to this. But reading option A again and again makes me think that it is strong assumption than E.

chere4g · Answer

IMHO D.
Using the negation test - 'Apart from glucose, there ARE substances commonly present in ice cream that would cause discomfort to diabetics.' This would cause the conclusion - 'Diabetics are able to eat ice cream without experiencing discomfort due to glucose intolerance afterward' to fall.

Option E is tricky. If we negate E - 'Glucose IS naturally present in the ice cream produced by these companies in amounts large enough to cause discomfort' then the conclusion remains - Instead the negation suggests that diabetics are able eat icecream despite the presence of glucose!

OA please? Thanks

subhashghosh · Answer

I think it's E.

A - What if the diabetics are accustomed to non-sucrose taste ?

B - Irrelevant

C - Goes off the mark

D - Goes beyond scope, we're concerned with discomfort owing to glucose

E - Correct one, what if other/natural ingredients have a lot of glucose ? It's a defender assumption.

metallicafan · Answer

+1 E

The author has to assume that there is not glucose in the ingrediets to produce ice cream.

amit2k9 · Answer

Reasoning gap in the argument regarding natural presence of glucose in the ice creams manufactured.Thus,requiring a supporting answer choice.

This has been rightly brought out by option E.
A taste is not the issue at hand here,hence POE'ed.

shashankp27 · Answer

+1 for D ,

E says that GLUCOSE is not naturally present in the ice-cream. However, the issue arises when SUCROSE is added to the ice-cream .

manalq8 · Answer

E, the author thinks that the only thing that causes discomfert is glucose. it is a defender argument, we need to defend it by eliminating anything that could possibly weaken the argument. if he thinks that glucose are naturally occuring in ice cream, he would not have asserted that diabetics can eat ice cream without worring

ekshyam · Answer

A subject-verb changed question from OG

I go with E

monikaleoster · Answer

can neone explain..why not D??

sanki779 · Answer

Both option D and E are very close. Even I had choosen option D first without reading option E. The deciding factor would be refer back to the passage. Passage constantly talks about Gulocose and option E has reference to Gulocose. In option D it talks about Diabetes from other components in the ice cream which does not find a reference in the passage.

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monikaleoster · Answer

Yes, I got your point But realised later one more strong point If sentence had been ended like "without experiencing discomfort" Then it would be difficult to choose betweed D/E but sentence is ending like " without experiencing discomfort  due to glucose intolerance afterward ." so This is making E as right choice.

jlgdr · Answer

D and E are somewhat similar, but note that in D it is generalizing a bit too much. It is saying that there aren't other substances that can cause discomfort to diabetics, and here we are trying to refer only to those that cause glucose intolerance afterwards.

E is more precise and tells us that glucose is not naturally present in amounts large enough to cause discomfort to diabetics. If this statement is negated, it completely destroys the conclusion given. Hence E

Hope it clarifies
J

PathFinder007 · Answer

HI

I have a query here

if we see its an cause and effect.

Glucose (cause)-------> (effect)Discomfort(Diabitic patient).

so for a right assumption there should be no alternate cause.

This is mentioned in D. if we negate statement D then it will shatter the conclusion.

Could you please clarify this. I stuck between D and E. and choose D

Thanks

pqhai · Answer

Hello Pathfinder.

I'm glad to help.

To weaken/strengthen an argument, you have to focus on the conclusion very carefully.

Let read the conclusion again and see how D and E are different.

Conclusion: diabetics are able to eat ice cream without experiencing discomfort  due to glucose  intolerance afterward.
--> Even if there is just 1% of glucose in ice cream, diabetics will be discomfort. 
-->  On the other hand, the new ice cream must be non-glucose

We have a diagram:
  Conclusion: NO glucose --> GOOD
Assumption: HAVE glucose --> NOT GOOD

Option D: Apart from glucose, there are no substances commonly present in ice cream that would cause discomfort to diabetics.

D means glucose is the only substance causing discomfort to diabetics. Yes, it's true, but D does not assume NO glucose present in ice cream. Clearly, D is not the assumption. To make the conclusion valid, we need to assume the new ice cream does not have any glucose --> no discomfort to diabetics.

D just says ice cream companies know glucose is the only cause of discomfort. That's it.  D does not mean new the ice cream is non-glucose.  That's why D is not the assumption.

Hence, D is incorrect.

Hope it's clear.

JarvisR · Answer

Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin,  a hormone that is needed to convert glucose into energy needed for daily life.  
Because  ice cream commonly contains glucose in the form of sucrose, diabetics generally experience discomfort   after consuming even a small serving   of ice cream. 
However, since there are  several ice cream companies who add sucrose to none of the ice cream they produce, diabetics are able to eat ice cream without experiencing discomfort  due to glucose intolerance afterward.
 Premise: 
1.Diabetes is caused by insulin ,a hormone that is needed to convert glucose into energy needed for daily life.
2.Sucrose, type of glucose, has been removed from the ICs.
Conclusion: 
Diabetic ppl would be able to eat these ice creams.
 Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
Assumption:

(A) These ice cream companies have been able to duplicate the taste of sucrose derived from glucose by means that do not involve adding any potential substances that may be of discomfort to diabetics.
 -Taste is not a concern here. Also u can try negate here.
 
(B) Not all forms of glucose are equally likely to result in this discomfort.
 -Out as it doesnt help much.  
(C) Ice cream is not the only food to which glucose is commonly added.
 -The argument is concerned with IC only. 
(D) Apart from glucose, there are no substances commonly present in ice cream that would cause discomfort to diabetics.
  -Tempting answer.  Why E is better than D.
IMO just the presence of other substance is not sufficient to select this as an answer.As per the premise, even a small dose of sucrose causes the discomfort to diabetic people. But we don't know anything about the other substances commonly present.May be they are required in high dosage etc. Also, the argument is concerned with the glucose and this option doesn't say whether "the other substance" is glucose or not.
So there r factors that put this point in doubt. 
(E) Glucose is not naturally present in the ice cream produced by these ice cream companies in amounts large enough to cause discomfort to diabetics who eat this ice cream.
 Now this makes sense.
What if the glucose is already there in IC in natural form . In that case, just removing the sucrose is not sufficient for diabetic people to consume IC.

Divyadisha · Answer

(A) These ice cream companies have been able to duplicate the taste of sucrose derived from glucose by means that do not involve adding any potential substances that may be of discomfort to diabetics. 
 We are not concerned about the taste of Sucrose. We are infact concerned about effect of sucrose.

(B) Not all forms of glucose are equally likely to result in this discomfort. 
 We are concerned only about the form that is added in other ice-creams.

(C) Ice cream is not the only food to which glucose is commonly added.  OOS

(D) Apart from glucose, there are no substances commonly present in ice cream that would cause discomfort to diabetics.  This does not answer weather diabetics will be able to eat the ice cream without any glucose intolerance. We are not concerned about discomforts other than glucose intolerance.

(E) Glucose is not naturally present in the ice cream produced by these ice cream companies in amounts large enough to cause discomfort to diabetics who eat this ice cream.  Correct answer. If glucose is not present naturally, then the ice cream is safe to consume without causing glucose intolerance.

Nightmare007 · Answer

I think this phrase " without experiencing discomfort due to glucose intolerance afterward." Eliminates D directly.

Answer is E.

achal11234 · Answer

I think D and E are both assumptions. If diabetics experience discomfort after eating ice cream due to reasons  other than glucose , such as other ingredients commonly found in ice cream (e.g., fats, dairy proteins, or artificial additives), the conclusion that diabetics can eat this specially made ice cream without discomfort would be invalid. Therefore,  (D)  is indeed necessary for the argument to hold.

Nipunh · Answer

The argument states that diabetics, who have trouble processing glucose, can eat ice cream from certain companies without discomfort because these companies do not add sucrose (a form of glucose). The conclusion depends on the assumption that the ice cream does not contain glucose from other sources in sufficient quantities to cause discomfort.

(A) suggests that these companies have replicated the taste of sucrose without adding substances that cause discomfort to diabetics. However, the taste is irrelevant to whether the ice cream causes discomfort, so this is not a required assumption.

(B) states that not all forms of glucose are equally likely to result in discomfort. While this might seem relevant, the argument focuses specifically on removing sucrose, not distinguishing between types of glucose. Thus, this is not a necessary assumption.

(C) points out that ice cream is not the only food to which glucose is added. This is unrelated to the argument, as it does not affect whether diabetics can eat the specified ice cream without discomfort.

(D) claims that apart from glucose, no other substances in ice cream commonly cause discomfort to diabetics. This might seem relevant, but the argument is specifically about discomfort caused by glucose, making this assumption unnecessary.

(E) states that glucose is not naturally present in the ice cream in quantities large enough to cause discomfort. This directly supports the conclusion because, if it were false, the argument would collapse—diabetics would still experience discomfort from naturally occurring glucose.

The correct answer is (E).

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