article_snippet: The new study, led by Dr Xiao-Ou Shu, of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Tennessee, analysed various groups of people.
article_snippet: Catherine Collins, Principal Dietitian at St George's Hospital NHS Trust, said: . '
article_snippet: This was regardless of gender, race, BMI, smoking, alcohol consumption and conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.
article_snippet: The research was published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
highlights_snippet: Findings held regardless of gender, race, BMI and other health conditions .
  