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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommends a specific daily intake for vitamin C, as greatly exceeding that amount is dangerous. Many vitamin-fortified foods contain 100% of this recommended daily intake for vitamin C in one serving, an amount defined on the package by the manufacturer. However, most consumers overestimate the amount of one serving for these foods, ingesting two to four times what is considered one serving by the manufacturer.
Which of the following is most supported by the information above?
A. Most people eating vitamin-fortified foods are consuming dangerous amounts of vitamin C.
B. Manufacturers need to change the amount listed as one serving on the packaging for vitamin-fortified foods.
C. Any person eating vitamin-fortified foods will receive the daily intake for vitamin C that is recommended by the National Academy of Sciences.
D. Some people eating vitamin-fortified foods exceed the daily intake for vitamin C that is recommended by the National Academy of Sciences.
E. People should avoid taking supplemental vitamin C if they are eating vitamin-fortified foods.
Which of the following is most supported by the information above?
A. Most people eating vitamin-fortified foods are consuming dangerous amounts of vitamin C.
B. Manufacturers need to change the amount listed as one serving on the packaging for vitamin-fortified foods.
C. Any person eating vitamin-fortified foods will receive the daily intake for vitamin C that is recommended by the National Academy of Sciences.
D. Some people eating vitamin-fortified foods exceed the daily intake for vitamin C that is recommended by the National Academy of Sciences.
E. People should avoid taking supplemental vitamin C if they are eating vitamin-fortified foods.
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Option D.
The passage states that most consumers overestimate the amount of one serving for vitamin-fortified foods, ingesting two to four times what is considered one serving by the manufacturer. This implies that some people are consuming amounts of vitamin C that exceed the recommended daily intake set by the National Academy of Sciences.
Option A may appear to be correct, but it is a trap. We do not know whether consuming "two to four times what is considered one serving by the manufacturer" crosses the threshold of dangerous consumption.
The passage states that most consumers overestimate the amount of one serving for vitamin-fortified foods, ingesting two to four times what is considered one serving by the manufacturer. This implies that some people are consuming amounts of vitamin C that exceed the recommended daily intake set by the National Academy of Sciences.
Option A may appear to be correct, but it is a trap. We do not know whether consuming "two to four times what is considered one serving by the manufacturer" crosses the threshold of dangerous consumption.
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VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:
This question stem is asking you to form a conclusion based on the information given, so you must pick the one answer that is guaranteed. As is true for all inference style questions, you should use process of elimination by evaluating each potential conclusion.
For (A), you do know that “most consumers overestimate the amount of one serving for these foods, ingesting two to four times what is considered one serving by the manufacturer” so it is safe to say that most people get more than their daily intake as recommended by the NAS. However, to be dangerous the recommended amounts must be “greatly exceeded” and we have no idea if “two to four times” meets that threshold. As a result this is not a proper inference.
For (B), there is no proof given in the stimulus that manufacturers need to do anything. While it is true that many consumers overestimate the amount of one serving, this does not allow you to conclude that manufacturers need to make a change (maybe the consumers just need to get better at estimating!). This type of prescription is virtually impossible to prove in an inference style question.
For (C), the word “any” makes this easy to eliminate. We know that many, but not necessarily all, vitamin fortified foods contain 100% of the recommended vitamin C and that “most” consumers overestimate a serving. However, this still leaves open the possibility that some people are eating vitamin-fortified foods that do not contain vitamin C or that they are not getting a full serving’s worth.
For (D), you know with certainty that most consumers are eating 2-4 servings of vitamin-fortified foods containing vitamin C, which provides more than 100% of the recommended amount. Since you only need to prove one person has consumed more than a serving of these foods to be sure of this conclusion, it must be true and (D) is correct.
For (E), this is a similar prescription to what you saw in (B). There might be many reasons why someone wants or needs to take a vitamin C supplement even if they are eating the vitamin-fortified foods. Maybe their doctor wants them to have lots of extra vitamin C or maybe they are eating the vitamin-fortified foods that do not contain 100% of the recommended amount. This is not a proper inference.
