Anybody who suffers from dry cracked hands might want to avoid handling potatoes with their bare hands.

I have found that the liquid in the potatoes reacts severely with my hands. It took me a while to work it out, but when I did I realised that fairly soon after I had touched a raw potato the skin almost went raw.

It transpires that my mum has had the same problem, in fact it may have been her that suggested what was causing an even worse problem than usual!

So you might want to bare that in mind if something suddenly seems to make your hands worse.