Many people limit the intake of calories and cholesterol in their diet in order to lose weight and reduce the level of cholesterol in their blood. When a person loses weight, the fat cells in that person's body decrease in size but not in number. As they decrease in size, fat cells spill the cholesterol they contain into the bloodstream. Therefore, a person who goes on a low-calorie, low-cholesterol diet__________.

Which one of the following most logically completes the argument?

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might at first have an increased level of cholesterol in his or her blood

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will not lose weight any faster than will a person whose diet is high in calories

might lose more weight by going on a low-calorie, high-cholesterol diet than by going on the low-calorie, low-cholesterol diet

will not decrease the size of his or her fat cells

will both decrease the level of cholesterol in his or her blood and gain weight

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Elle4d ago

the key for me was realizing the diet itself lowers cholesterol but the fat cells work against that at first. sneaky but makes sense.

Teddyjust now

yeah same here, the "spill" part of the passage was the giveaway for me

What this question tests

Whether you can complete the last sentence of an argument in a way that is logically consistent with it.

Choosing an option that sounds plausible but contradicts the argument or introduces new information.