medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
Studies show that patients who consume high amounts of green tea tend to have lower rates of cardiovascular disease. Therefore, drinking green tea is an effective way to improve heart health.
The argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it
- leaps from an observed association between tea drinking and heart health to the claim that the tea itself produces the benefit, without excluding other explanations.
- overlooks that some people who never drink green tea also have low rates of cardiovascular disease.
- supposes that green tea is the sole dietary factor capable of affecting cardiovascular outcomes.
- rests its conclusion about heart health on a sample of patients too skewed to be representative.
- fails to specify the exact quantity of green tea required before any health benefit appears.
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