Garlic Breath
Anyone who has ever had a delicious piece of garlic bread knows that there is a price to pay for eating it: the dreaded garlic breath. What makes garlic so good at making your breath smell so bad?
The main culprit is a compound called allyl methyl sulfide. As your body digests the garlic, the sulfide is released into your bloodstream. From there, it travels through your body until it is eliminated through your digestive system, your urine, or out of your pores. However, some of the allyl methyl sulfide also crosses from the bloodstream into the air that fills your lungs. As you breathe this air out, the garlic smell goes with it. This is why no matter how many pieces of gum you chew, how often you brush your teeth, or how much mouthwash you swish, a garlicky meal can give you stinky breath for days.
Recent research shows that the best way to combat the effects of garlic on your breath is to eat a raw apple or some raw mint leaves while you consume garlic. Both apples and mint leaves contain polyphenolic compounds that can neutralize the allyl methyl sulfides in garlic.
Question: What can be inferred from the passage?

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Garlic Breath
Anyone who has ever had a delicious piece of garlic bread knows that there is a price to pay for eating it: the dreaded garlic breath. What makes garlic so good at making your breath smell so bad?
The main culprit is a compound called allyl methyl sulfide. As your body digests the garlic, the sulfide is released into your bloodstream. From there, it travels through your body until it is eliminated through your digestive system, your urine, or out of your pores. However, some of the allyl methyl sulfide also crosses from the bloodstream into the air that fills your lungs. As you breathe this air out, the garlic smell goes with it. This is why no matter how many pieces of gum you chew, how often you brush your teeth, or how much mouthwash you swish, a garlicky meal can give you stinky breath for days.
Recent research shows that the best way to combat the effects of garlic on your breath is to eat a raw apple or some raw mint leaves while you consume garlic. Both apples and mint leaves contain polyphenolic compounds that can neutralize the allyl methyl sulfides in garlic.
Question: What can be inferred from the passage?

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In paragraph 3, the author points out that recent research has provided a possible alternative: eating a raw apple or mint leaves while consuming garlic. Therefore, it can be assumed that if one takes these precautions, the effects of garlic could be diminished.
In paragraph 3, the author describes a finding of recent research, but it cannot be inferred that the research is current, nor that it is still being conducted.
Although the author introduces the passage by stating that anyone who is familiar with garlic knows about its smelly effects, it cannot be inferred that this makes people avoid eating garlic.
Given the fact that the findings of recent research are included in paragraph 3 (eating a raw apple or some raw mint leaves could combat the effects of garlic), it is not correct to infer that it is almost impossible to combat the smell of garlic.

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