Wine Effects

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct73% picked this

   an increase in the degree to which platelets cause blood

   Why this is right

   Right out of the gate, we've got our answer. It's the opposite of our 4th possibility. - drink wine / eat grapes - less lipids / better lipid processing - decrease thickness of walls of blood vessels - reduce the adhesiveness of platelets Reducing the adhesiveness of platelets reduces the degree to which platelets cause blood to clot (and helps prevent heart disease). This answer is saying an increased degree of clotting would reduce our risk.

   Skill tested: Locate Detail · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

   73%
2. B

   Supported8% picked this

   an increase in the body’s ability to remove lipids from

   This matches our 2nd possible detail. - drink wine / eat grapes - less lipids / better lipid processing - decrease thickness of walls of blood vessels - reduce the adhesiveness of platelets

   8%
3. C

   Supported14% picked this

   an increase in the amount of time it takes alcohol to be absorbed

   This one is a bit of a surprise, but it aligns with the 2nd detail. - drink wine / eat grapes - less lipids / better lipid processing - decrease thickness of walls of blood vessels - reduce the adhesiveness of platelets We're told that alcohol in general is dangerous because is causes "dangerous increases" in the levels of lipids. Meanwhile, when people drink wine, the alcohol is absorbed into their bloodstream much more slowly (so there probably wouldn't ever be that dangerous increase .... it's not coming in all at once and overwhelming the body's ability to get rid of its excesses). (The annoying part about this answer is that this detail is meant to show how wine is less-worse than other forms of alcohol. It's not really showing that wine is better than drinking no alcohol at all. So we can only really say that this slower absorption of alcohol could help prevent heart disease if we're handing a drinker a bottle of wine and saying, "drink this instead of your beer or liquor". This slower absorption of alcohol isn't going to help any non-alcohol drinker to prevent heart disease.)

   14%
4. D

   Supported2% picked this

   increased activity of a natural compound that reduces

   Once again, this is dealing with what he hear in the beginning of the 2nd paragraph about lipid processing. - drink wine / eat grapes - less lipids / better lipid processing - decrease thickness of walls of blood vessels - reduce the adhesiveness of platelets "The studies show increased activity of a natural clot-breaking compound used by doctors to restore blood flow through blocked vessels in victims of heart disease". Since this clot-breaking compound helps doctors fight the blocked vessels that accompany heart disease, we're assuming that this compound could help prevent heart disease. It's a little weird to assume that something used to treat victims of a disease is also a substance that would help prevent the disease, but if we understand heart disease to be blocked vessels, then a compound that breaks apart clots can reasonably be assumed to help prevent the blocking of vessels.

   2%
5. E

   Supported2% picked this

   increased levels of compounds that prevent damage from high

   This again comes from the beginning of the 2nd paragraph. In addition, the studies of wine drinkers indicate increased levels of certain compounds that may help to prevent damage from high lipid levels. The following sentence explains that high lipid levels have a strong connection to heart disease, so higher levels of compounds that prevent damage from high lipid levels would probably help to prevent heart disease, since heart disease is very linked to lipids.

   2%