Nutritionists believe that

Answer choices

1. A

   Irrelevant Distinct5% picked this

   Even five servings of fruits and vegetables a day is insufficient unless the intake is varied to ensure

   This is trying to weaken the advice of nutritionists. We need to weaken this author's argument about vitamin pills.

   5%
2. B

   Irrelevant Distinct8% picked this

   Certain commonly available fruits and vegetables contain considerably more nutrients

   What does this have to do with vitamin pills, or with an alternate way for most people to get their daily vitamins?

   8%
3. C

   Too Weak /Irrelevant4% picked this

   Nutritionists sometimes disagree on how much of a fruit or vegetable constitutes

   "Sometimes" is almost always too weak to be correct on Strengthen/Weaken. Not to mention, what does this have to do with vitamin pills or with an alternate way to get our daily vitamins?

   4%
4. D

   Correct74% picked this

   Many commonly consumed foods that are neither fruits nor vegetables are fortified by manufacturers with the vitamins found

   Why this is right

   This gives us a way to argue that we don't need to take vitamin pills. After all, we could just eat meat or grains or carbs that are fortified with vitamins. The argument never said that most people weren't getting their daily vitamins. It said that most people weren't eating the five servings of fruits/veggies that would get them their vitamins. This answer suggests an alternate way to get daily vitamins (which people may already be doing): having a couple servings of fruit/veggies and a couple servings of fortified foods that also contain these vitamins.

   Skill tested: Weaken · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   74%
5. E

   Out of Scope: "fiber"10% picked this

   Fruits and vegetables are also important sources of fiber, in forms not found

   This sounds like a little bit of knock against vitamin pills, but it's irrelevant. We're only concerned with getting our daily vitamins. Fiber might be a bonus, but it's out of scope to why this author thinks we need vitamin pills.

   10%