Critical Reasoning

A diet high in saturated fats increases a person's risk of developing heart disease. Regular consumption of red wine reduces that risk. Per-capita consumption of saturated fats is currently about the same in France as in the United States, but there is less heart disease there than in the United States because consumption of red wine is higher in France. The difference in regular red-wine consumption has been narrowing, but no
similar convergence in heart-disease rates has occurred.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to account for the lack of convergence noted above?

A. Consumption of saturated fats is related more strongly to the growth of fatty deposits on artery walls, which reduce blood flow to the heart, than it is to heart disease directly.
B. Over the past 30 years, per-capita consumption of saturated fats has remained essentially unchanged in the United States but has increased somewhat in France.
C. Reports of the health benefits of red wine have led many people in the United States to drink red wine regularly.
D. Cigarette smoking, which can also contribute to heart disease, is only slightly more common in France than in the United States.
E. Regular consumption of red wine is declining dramatically among young adults in France, and heart disease typically does not manifest itself until middle age.

OA - E

I was confused between C and E.

We know difference in consumption of Red Wine has narrowed but not heart disease.

C says - A few people in US consume wine regularly (consumption increase in US and gap with France narrows). The heart-disease rates have not dropped because only a few people are benefited by the consumption of large quantities of wine.

E says - Young adults in France are now consuming lesser wine (France wine consumption drops and gap with US narrows). Disease does not manifest itself until middle age - therefore no immediate result.

Seems like both are plausible.

Please advise?

When it says Consumption It does not literally mean the quantity consumes but the number of people consuming.