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The stimulus tells us about calorie intake and alcohol. We learn that in general, excess calories lead to weight gain. Some people usually drink two or three alcoholic drinks per day, and therefore exceed their necessary caloric intake. However, for these people, excess calories from alcohol don't usually cause weight gain.
What makes calories from alcohol different from other calories? That's what the correct answer will tell us to resolve the discrepancy. It will reveal what happens to the excess calories from alcohol, to explain why they aren't stored as fat which leads to weight gain.
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(A) is a trap answer which overlooks an essential detail: the stimulus is only talking about
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(B) explains what happens to the excess calories from alcohol, thereby resolving the discrepancy. Now we know why people who take in excess calories from alcohol don't usually gain weight: these specific calories aren't stored as fat, but rather dissipate as heat.
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Facts about people who don't drink alcohol aren't relevant to the stimulus. We're seeking to explain why people who regularly take in excess calories from drinking alcohol don't usually gain weight. (C) doesn't explain how that could happen.
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(D) leaves us with the same question as we had before: how is this happening? We still don't know why the excess calories from alcohol don't lead to weight gain like excess calories usually do.
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Facts about people who run at a calorie deficit aren't relevant to the stimulus. We're seeking to explain why people who do take in excess calories, from drinking alcohol, don't usually gain weight. (E) doesn't explain how that could happen.
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