Too much grilling bad for blood pressure

Using cooking methods such as barbecuing or grilling to cook meat could increase the risk of developing high blood pressure, according to new research.

Grilling meat or fish until it is well done could increase the risk of developing high blood pressure, according to new US research.

Carried out by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, the team looked at high blood pressure and diets of 86,507 women and 17,104 men, following them for an average of 12-16 years.