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Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry

9th Edition

ISBN:9781305960060

Author:Spencer L. Seager, Michael R. Slabaugh, Maren S. Hansen

Publisher:Spencer L. Seager, Michael R. Slabaugh, Maren S. Hansen

Chapter17: Carbohydrates

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 17.60E

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A college student who has been feeling fatigue decides to take an energy-boosting supplement advertised on a television infomercial and endorsed by a professional athlete. She reports feeling more energetic after taking the supplement but later discovers the supplement is only made of salt. What did the student experience?

	A.	The effectiveness of the energy supplement working in her body
	B.	The placebo effect; the student believing the supplement was working to increase energy
	C.	An increase in nerve conduction caused by the salt tablet
	D.	An increase in blood pressure

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A placebo refers a medical treatment or method intended to deceive the member of a clinical examination. It doesn't contain any dynamic fixings however frequently still creates a physical impact on the person.

Placebos are fundamental to the design of solid clinical preliminaries. Their once-astonishing impact on members has turned into the focal point of numerous examinations.

The placebo effect alludes to the effect of a fake treatment on a person. Indeed, even inert treatment has over and over exhibited a quantifiable, positive health reaction.

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