article_snippet.sent: The study's lead researcher said the results are a 'surprise', but  it's no excuse to pile on the pounds .
article_snippet.sent: Dr Nawab Qizilbash, a clinical epidemiologist and the lead researcher, called the results a 'surprise', but said it was no excuse to pile on the pounds: 'This is a robust and reliable study that opens up an avenue in the search for factors that protect against Alzheimer's.'
article_snippet.sent: But the results are not that extraordinary.
article_snippet.sent: an even larger study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association analysed 100 trials involving three million people.
article_snippet.sent: Nonetheless Professor Haslam Professor Haslam believes the new findings cannot be ignored: 'We need to use the new findings to improve the advice and support We give to patients.
article_snippet.sent: It's not right to try to discredit the new findings for political reasons.'