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title: Food myths and fads — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Medicine
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# Food myths and fads

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The 16 questions of lesson 55 «Food myths and fads» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school with their options, 96 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/t1/) — Tom, 80th minute, calf cramp: «get me a banana quick, I'm low on potassium!» What would actually help? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/t2/) — Emily's big sister says carbs are bad, so Emily skips bread and pasta and can't keep up at hockey. Why? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/t3/) — Logan: «all the gym bros drink protein shakes, they're bussin'». His mom: «you're nine, buddy». Who's right? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/t4/) — The aunt's tub costs £20 and a bag of apples £2. How many bags of apples for the same money? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/t5/) — Nathan takes 3 gummy vitamins before every match: «pure turbo». What's true? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/t6/) — Kirsty: «but you said vitamins were a fad!» Mum: «not this one, hen». Why is vitamin D different? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/t7/) — Jayden eats 3 plates of pasta before a 2 km race, «carb loading innit», and gets a stitch and a bloated belly. Mistake? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/t8/) — Lucy's friend: «never eat after 6 pm, it turns into fat». Lucy trains until 7. What should she do? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/t9/) — Owen sees «3-day juice-only detox for athletes». Should he do it for the season? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/t10/) — Kiara's coach: a «cheat day» every Sunday, no rules. Her mate: «sounds sus». Why might the mate have a point? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/t11/) — Sam says if one banana is good for cramp, a whole bunch before every match must stop cramp forever. What's wrong with his thinking? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/t12/) — A gym advert says «this powder made our star fast». What's the clever question to ask? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/e1/) — Identify the principal cause to which exercise-associated muscular cramp is at present attributed. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the designation «superfood». — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/e3/) — Pursuant to guidance issued in the United Kingdom, determine the daily quantity of vitamin D which all persons should consider taking during autumn and winter. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/55-food-myths-and-fads/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of so-called detox regimens? — wrong ✗ · exam

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