LSAT 112 – Section 1 – Question 02

LSAT 112 - Section 1 - Question 02

December 2001

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PT112 S1 Q02
+LR
Weaken +Weak
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Lack of Support v. False Conclusion +LSvFC
A
91%
160
B
3%
153
C
2%
153
D
1%
153
E
3%
152
120
126
141
 +Easiest 147.196 +SubsectionMedium

Nutritionist: Recently a craze has developed for home juicers, $300 machines that separate the pulp of fruits and vegetables from the juice they contain. Outrageous claims are being made about the benefits of these devices: drinking the juice they produce is said to help one lose weight or acquire a clear complexion, to aid digestion, and even to prevent cancer. But there is no indication that juice separated from the pulp of the fruit or vegetable has any properties that it does not have when unseparated. Save your money. If you want carrot juice, eat a carrot.

Summarize Argument
The nutritionist claims that home juicers are not worth the expense. Why? Because they don’t provide tremendous health benefits, given there’s no evidence that juice separated from the pulp has different health properties from juice attached to the original fruit or vegetable.

Notable Assumptions
The nutritionist assumes that people praise the health benefits of home juicers because they think the homemade juice is healthier than whole fruits and vegetables, and that people have no other reason for buying them.

A
Most people find it much easier to consume a given quantity of nutrients in liquid form than to eat solid foods containing the same quantity of the same nutrients.
This challenges the nutritionist’s assumption that home juicers could only have health benefits if the juice they produce is unusually healthy. Rather, the juicers are beneficial because they process nutrients into a form that’s easier for people to consume.
B
Drinking juice from home juicers is less healthy than is eating fruits and vegetables because such juice does not contain the fiber that is eaten if one consumes the entire fruit or vegetable.
This strengthens the nutritionist’s argument. It implies homemade juices are actually less healthy than whole fruits and vegetables, supporting her claim that the juicers make food no healthier.
C
To most people who would be tempted to buy a home juicer, $300 would not be a major expense.
This does not imply the juicer is a worthwhile purchase. If it brings no benefit to the consumer, it will be a waste of money no matter how minor the cost.
D
The nutritionist was a member of a panel that extensively evaluated early prototypes of home juicers.
This doesn’t imply the nutritionist is being insincere and it doesn’t affect her argument. She advises against buying the juicers by arguing they bring no health benefit—her purpose for making the argument is irrelevant.
E
Vitamin pills that supposedly contain nutrients available elsewhere only in fruits and vegetables often contain a form of those compounds that cannot be as easily metabolized as the varieties found in fruits and vegetables.
This puts fruits, vegetables, and their juices in the same category. It compares them to vitamin pills, making no distinction between the health benefits of fruits and vegetables and the health benefits of their juices.

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