If we reduce insulin resistance and high insulin levels in the body, it might help lower blood pressure — so better insulin health could mean healthier blood pressure.

Insulin might not actually raise your blood pressure after all — recent studies haven't been able to prove that having too much insulin in your blood leads to high blood pressure.

Having trouble with insulin in people who have diabetes or are overweight might play a role in getting high blood pressure — which often shows up with those conditions — but we're not sure if it's actually causing it.

When the body has too much insulin floating around for too long, cells stop listening to it to protect themselves from damage. This forces the pancreas to pump out even more insulin, creating a harmful cycle.

High insulin levels and insulin resistance are linked to high blood pressure in people, especially those who are overweight — but even some people at a healthy weight. This connection doesn’t show up in other types of high blood pressure, so it might be a key factor in the most common kind.

Some people and animals can have serious insulin problems without getting high blood pressure — even when they're obese — which means these insulin issues don't always cause high blood pressure.