What Is the Link Between Inflammation and Diabetes? Inflammation is your body’s natural response to injury or stress. But when inflammation becomes chronic, it starts harming the body instead of protecting it. In people with type 2 diabetes, chronic inflammation can: worsen insulin resistance increase fat accumulation in the liver stress the pancreas make blood sugar levels ... https://www.freedomfromdiabetes.org/blog/post/anti-inflammatory-foods-for-better-blood-sugar/5248