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While the benefits of cardio-vascular exercise are well known, studies
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While the benefits of cardio-vascular exercise are well known, studies have shown that strenuous exercise is actually damaging to the immune system. Athletes, although fit in general terms, are highly susceptible to colds and flu. What's more, many sports people develop cancer at an early age despite their healthy diets and high levels of physical fitness. It is thought by doctors that a healthy immune system is the best way to prevent cancer. Therefore, to increase your chances of a long life, maintaining a high level of physical fitness is ill-advised.
Which one of the following identifies the flaw in the above argument?
A There is little or no evidence of a link between strenuous exercise and the immune system.
B There may be other reasons for cancer amongst sports people, e.g. the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
C There is no guarantee that a healthy immune system will prevent someone from developing cancer.
D There may be more lives prolonged by high levels of fitness than are lost to early-age cancer.
E There are many more damaging things for the immune system than strenuous exercise.
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Re: While the benefits of cardio-vascular exercise are well known, studies
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What is the source of the question, I wonder? I see there is some confusion between the main contenders in (B) and (D). Although they both adopt a may be framework, meaning neither one leads to proof positive against the argument, the former attacks a premise—many sports people develop cancer at an early age despite their... high levels of physical fitness—a premise that leads to the conclusion, namely that to increase your chances of a long life, maintaining a high level of physical fitness is ill-advised. Choice (D) addresses this argument directly, the relationship between longevity and physical fitness, so it makes for a more compelling answer than its counterpart.
I see a few issues with the question that make me doubt that it would appear as is on the GMAT™. If you are preparing for the exam, then stick to material published by GMAC™. But if you are just scouring the forum for fun, then I hope you get what you want from this one.