A balanced diet and high blood pressure have a very important relation. There are many hypertension patients who are advised by their doctors to manage their blood pressure with diet.

One of the oldest and most popular forms of blood pressure diets is the Atkins Diet. It was developed in 1970s and has helped thousands of people in their weight control issues and with regulating blood pressure.

The Atkins diet is a ketogenic diet in which the body is conditioned to use fat instead of glucose for fuel. This is why unlike other diets Atkins diet allows no more than 20 grams of carbs per day to its dieters for the first few weeks.

A low carb diet helps in controlling blood pressure by triggering fast and sustainable weight loss. When a hypertension patient loses weight, the stress on his heart also lessens, thus decreasing the blood pressure.

The assertions of Dr Robert C Atkins, originator of the diet, about the effectiveness of this diet have been proven by a study done in 1999 by Heilbronn, Noakes, and Clifton. They observed that 12 weeks on a high-protein diet like Atkins caused a reduction in insulin levels and blood sugar, two things that have a lot of influence on your blood pressure. Elevated levels of insulin have been known to increase blood pressure. Hence, this low-carb diet will control your blood pressure by maintaining sugar and insulin levels.

However, Atkins diet is only effective as long as you follow it. Once you discontinue, you will most probably suffer from the same problems that you were trying to get rid of like weight loss and high blood pressure. Hence, for best results, follow a low-carb diet continuously.

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