A LINK BETWEEN POTATOES AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE? “After controlling for body mass index, physical activity, smoking and other factors, they found that compared to eating potatoes only once a month, having one potato — baked, boiled or mashed — four to six times a week increased the risk for hypertension by 11 percent. Eating four or more four-ounce servings of French fries a week increased the risk by 17 percent. Adjusting for salt and saturated fat intake did not change the results, but the authors acknowledge that they could not control for all possible variables. The researchers suggest that potatoes cause a rapid rise in blood glucose levels, which is associated with blood vessel problems and inflammation. This may increase the risk for hypertension.”

This is impossible. The Government Experts told me that if I avoided fat everything would be fine.