‘Eating potatoes may raise risk of high blood pressure’

Eating potatoes or chips increases the risk of high blood pressure, research suggests.

Four or more servings a week of baked, boiled, or mashed potatoes is linked to an 11% increased risk of high blood pressure compared with less than one serving a month in women, researchers found.

They also found that men and women who ate four or more servings a week of French fries had a 17% higher risk of high blood pressure.