PrepTest 56, Section 3, Question 20

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Newspaper article: People who take vitamin C supplements tend to be healthier than average. This was shown by a study investigating the relationship between high doses of vitamin C and heart disease, which showed that people who regularly consume high doses of vitamin C supplements have a significantly lower than average risk of heart disease.

Newspaper article: People who take vitamin C supplements tend to be healthier than average. This was shown by a study investigating the relationship between high doses of vitamin C and heart disease, which showed that people who regularly consume high doses of vitamin C supplements have a significantly lower than average risk of heart disease.

Newspaper article: People who take vitamin C supplements tend to be healthier than average. This was shown by a study investigating the relationship between high doses of vitamin C and heart disease, which showed that people who regularly consume high doses of vitamin C supplements have a significantly lower than average risk of heart disease.

Newspaper article: People who take vitamin C supplements tend to be healthier than average. This was shown by a study investigating the relationship between high doses of vitamin C and heart disease, which showed that people who regularly consume high doses of vitamin C supplements have a significantly lower than average risk of heart disease.

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Which one of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument in the newspaper article?

Vitamin C taken in the form of supplements has a different effect on the body than does vitamin C taken in food.

The reduction in risk of heart disease due to the consumption of vitamin C is no greater than the reduction due to certain other dietary changes.

Taking both vitamin C supplements and vitamin E supplements lowers one's risk of heart disease far more than does taking either one alone.

High doses of vitamin C supplements tend to reduce slightly one's resistance to certain common infectious diseases.

Taking vitamin C supplements has been found to lower one's risk of developing cancer.

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