Dietitian: Many diet–conscious consumers are excited about new "fake fat" products designed to give food the flavor ...

shunhe on August 19, 2020

Hi @zia305,

Thanks for the question! So let’s take a look at the stimulus first. We’re told that diet-conscious consumers are excited about “fake fat” products that taste and feel like fatty foods but don’t have fat’s harmful effects. But, the dietitian tells us, these consumers are likely to be disappointed if they think it’ll help them lose weight, since when people knowingly or unknowingly eat foods containing “fake fat,” they tend to take in at least as many additional calories that they save.

So now we’re being asked here for the conclusion of the dietitian’s argument. Well, what is that? How is the argument structured? The dietitian starts telling us their opinion in the second sentence, and that’s supported by the last sentence. Why are consumers likely to be disappointed? Because of this research about them taking in more calories when they eat fake fat. And when we can phrase it like that, we know that the “why” question has the conclusion, and the stuff afterwards (which explains the “why” question) is the premise. So the conclusion here is that the consumers are going to be disappointed because they’re not going to meet their weight loss goals, and the answer choice that sums that up the best is (D): fake fat in foods probably won’t help consumers meet their weight loss goals.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.

zia305 on August 19, 2020

@Shunhe Thanks for the explanation?

shunhe on August 20, 2020

No problem! Hope you found it helpful.