Critical Reasoning (CR) | A trans fat molecule is the hydrogenated form of a regular fat molecul

A transfat molecule is the hydrogenated form of aregular fat molecule. Foods containing high amounts of trans fat are very unhealthy as they raise LDL levels, can cause coronary heart disease, and may lead to obesity. Therefore, a healthy diet should be completely void offat.

Sequence
Premise: types of trans food aregiven
Background: defined what is transfat
Conclusion: directly claims all fat is bad and should beavoided
Assumption: trans fat is equal to fat which is contradictory to the definition given above.

The argument is flawed primarily because the author

A. makes an overgeneralized statement about the various effects of trans fat - this option attacks premise so norcorrect

B. extends the properties of an individual entity to apply to other entities in the same group - correct because it equals trans fat tofat.

C. discusses physiological health matters without referring to exercise - new information, doesn't relate to conclusion.

D. does not
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Statistics : Posted by Michael909 • on 07 Dec 2023, 01:30 • Replies 1 • Views 123

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