In previous posts, we have talked about how important insulin resistance is in your risk for breast cancer recurrence.  Insulin resistance is also associated with a condition known as chronic inflammation.  This is different from acute inflammation.  You are all probably familiar with what happens with acute inflammation since that is a normal body response. Let’s say you cut your hand.  Your immune system sends out its army to create an inflammatory response which results in cells that stop the bleeding, fight any potential infection, and start healing the damage.  Once the damage is healed, the inflammatory response dies down.  That’s acute inflammation and it keeps us healthy. 

Chronic inflammation is another story.  It happens when there is a low grade irritation that smolders along in your body.  The cells that were so useful at fighting infection and healing damage from a cut can actually start to cause damage in...