Paleo diets, in which one eats how early hominids (human ancestors) did, are becoming increasingly popular. Proponents claim our bodies evolved to eat these types of food, especially bone broth, a soup made by cooking animal bones for several hours. They believe it has many health-promoting nutrients, such as cartilage, which can heal our joints, and chondroitin, which promotes nerve regeneration. Skeptics point out that ingested cartilage can’t replenish cartilage in your knees or elbows and ingested chondroitin doesn’t make our brains any healthier. Yet, there is strong anecdotal evidence that people who consume bone broth have fewer metabolic and inflammatory diseases than those who don’t. Therefore, ancient humans knew something about our physiology that we don’t, and that by emulating the way they ate, we can cure many chronic illnesses.
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
The arguement presented in the prompt concludes that ancient humans had some esoteric knowledge about human body and imitating their diet can help us cure many chronic illnesses. This conclusion was derived as there is a strong anecdotal evidence that people who consumed ancient human diet had fewer metabolic and inflamatory diseases than those who didn't. Moreover, it is beleived that their diet has many health promoting nutients that have many benefits. In my opinion the arguement presented will be flawed if following assumptions are not warrented.
Firstly, how is the author sure that, fewer metabolic and inflammatory diseases in people who consume hominids is due to hominids? In other words, it is possible that the can be another reason for fewer metabolic and inflammatory diseases in people who consume hominids. For instance, it is possible that inflammatory and metabolic diseases are completly uncorrelated with the diet consumed. The causes for such diseases may be environmental. This would mean that among people who consume bone broth and who don't, diet does not play any role in regards to inflammatory and metabolic diseases. Until statistical evidence is presented supporting this assumption, the arguement is faulty.
Secondly, how is the author of the arguement sure that, the ancient humans had some unknown knowledge about human physiology and hence consumed their particular diet? In other words, it is possible that the ancient humans were not familiar with the human body. For instance, it may be possible that, the ancient humans were following their particular diet not due to their unknown knowledge about human body, but because there was no other type of food available to them. It maybe that, the ancient humans had abundance of animal bones with no other food available. It also maybe that, the ancient humans only knew how to cook bone broth hence, they only consumed that. So unless evidence is presented backing this assumption, the arguement is flawed.
The arguement as it stands now is faulty due to the unstated and unsubstantiated assumptions mentioned above. The author needs to provide systematic and sound research in order to make the arguement cogent. Until the, the arguement stands flawed.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...and inflamatory diseases than those who didnt. Moreover, it is beleived that their di...
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Message: Possible agreement error. The noun health seems to be uncountable; consider using: 'much health', 'a good deal of health'.
Suggestion: much health; a good deal of health
...ver, it is beleived that their diet has many health promoting nutients that have many benef...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...g people who consume bone broth and who dont, diet does not play any role in regards...
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Line 5, column 543, Rule ID: IN_REGARD_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'regarding' or 'with regard to'.
Suggestion: regarding; with regard to
...d who dont, diet does not play any role in regards to inflammatory and metabolic diseases. Un...
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Message: Did you forget something after 'the'?
...der to make the arguement cogent. Until the, the arguement stands flawed.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, for instance, in my opinion, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 58.6224719101 49% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1900.0 2235.4752809 85% => OK
No of words: 359.0 442.535393258 81% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.29247910864 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.35284910392 4.55969084622 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69731964065 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 215.323595506 75% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.451253481894 0.4932671777 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 598.5 704.065955056 85% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 11.0 4.99550561798 220% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 43.0757883933 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.0 118.986275619 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.8947368421 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.21052631579 5.21951772744 119% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.111865833454 0.243740707755 46% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0381619163421 0.0831039109588 46% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0423499565337 0.0758088955206 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0589487634146 0.150359130593 39% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.050907078197 0.0667264976115 76% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 14.1392134831 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.4 12.1639044944 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.61 8.38706741573 91% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 100.480337079 70% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.