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People who consume a lot of honey tend to have fewer cavities than others have. ████ █████ ██ ████ ██ ██████ ███ █████ ██ ███ ██ ███ ███████ ██████ ██ █████ ██████
"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why do people who consume a lot of honey tend to have fewer cavities than others even though honey is high in sugar, which is one of the leading causes of tooth decay?
Objective
The correct answer will help explain why people who eat a lot of honey tend to have fewer cavities than others even though honey is high in sugar. The correct answer will discuss outside factors that are typically true for people who eat a lot of honey that lead to them having fewer cavities or reasons that eating honey actually leads to fewer cavities even though it’s high in sugar.
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Which one of the following, ██ █████ ████ █████ ██ ███████ ███ ████████ ███████ █████████ ██████
a
People who eat █ ███ ██ █████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ██████ █████ ████ █████ ████████
It doesn’t matter how much sugar people who eat a lot of honey tend to consume from other sources. We know they consume a lot of sugar because of the amount of honey they eat.
b
Many people who ███████ █ ███ ██ █████ ███████ ████ ██ ██ █████████ ██ ███████
The way people who consume a lot of honey choose to consume that honey is irrelevant. Regardless of their consumption method, they’re ingesting a lot of sugar, so we want to know why they tend to have fewer cavities than others.
c
People's dental hygiene ██████ ████ ████████
This is a nonfactor. We know nothing about the typical dental hygiene habits of people who eat a lot of honey or those who don’t, so (C) is irrelevant.
d
Refined sugars have ████ ██████ ██ ████ ██████ ████████ ████ ████ █████████ ███████
We’re not concerned with miscellaneous health problems. We want to know why those who consume large amounts of honey tend to have fewer cavities than others even though honey contains high levels of sugar.
e
Honey contains bacteria ████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ ████ █████ █████ ██████
(E) provides a reason that eating honey can prevent cavities even though honey is high in sugar. The bacteria in honey that inhibit the growth of tooth-decaying bacteria could do more to prevent cavities than the sugar in honey contributes to cavities.