medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
Nutritionist: To maintain optimal energy levels throughout the day, a person must consume at least 60 grams of protein. Recent surveys show that most professional athletes consume over 100 grams of protein daily. Therefore, most professional athletes maintain optimal energy levels throughout the day.
The nutritionist's argument is flawed because it
- treats a requirement for an outcome as though meeting it were enough to bring the outcome about
- draws a general conclusion from a sample of athletes unlikely to represent the wider population
- presumes that athletes are the only people who need to maintain optimal energy levels
- confuses a relative rise in protein intake with crossing an absolute energy threshold
- overlooks that consuming far more than 60 grams of protein could itself be harmful
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