Diabetes Doesn't Wait: How to Stay Empowered This Holiday Season
The Fasting Method Podcast
Megan Ramos Nutrition Inc
4.8 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and in this insightful episode, Coach Terri Lance and Megan Ramos come together to discuss the realities of type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, and how to stay empowered through awareness and action — especially during the holiday season.
They explore why "diabetes doesn't wait," the importance of knowing your WHY, and how to shape your identity around health, not restriction. Through personal stories, expert insights, and real-life strategies, Megan and Terri remind listeners that prevention and reversal are within reach — even in the most tempting time of year.
Whether you're managing type 2 diabetes, reversing insulin resistance, or simply wanting to feel your best, this episode offers practical wisdom and hope for finishing the year strong and healthy.
💡 Key Takeaway
Awareness is the first step to empowerment — diabetes doesn't wait, but you can act now to protect your health and your future.
The Fasting Method Podcast #230
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🕒 Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:21 Terri welcomes Megan – Diabetes Awareness Month focus
01:28 Why "diabetes doesn't wait"
04:10 Terri on identity, WHY, and family beliefs
06:30 Megan's family story – seeing generations of diabetes
09:31 How treatment norms have failed prevention
11:12 Younger vs. older generations and awareness
12:06 Terri's diagnosis and insulin resistance journey
13:41 Early intervention and prevention mindset
15:30 Megan's nephrology experience – slow-burn diseases
17:26 The hidden danger of "feeling fine" with insulin resistance
18:58 Empowerment before medication
20:18 Balancing holidays and self-care
21:30 Megan's family tradition shift: from food to connection
24:12 Post-meal walk benefits & smart food order
26:52 Making small changes for big impact
27:46 Terri's reminder: one day doesn't ruin your progress
28:09 Closing encouragement and next steps
⚠️ Disclaimer
This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. You should always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before doing any fasting, changing your diet, taking or adjusting any medication or supplements, or adopting any treatment for a health problem. The use of any other products or services purchased by you as a result of this webinar does not create a healthcare provider-patient relationship between you and any of the experts affiliated with this webinar. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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| 0:00.0 | diabetes doesn't wait. |
| 0:01.8 | It doesn't wait to give you that two-week reprieve after the holiday season to get some |
| 0:06.5 | habits and emotional stuff with food tidied up before it will hit. |
| 0:11.4 | You know, it's not patient. |
| 0:12.6 | It's not going to give you a second chance. |
| 0:24.7 | Welcome back to another episode of the Fasting Method podcast. |
| 0:32.6 | This is Coach Terry, and I am super excited this week because I am here with Megan Ramos. |
| 0:36.6 | And Megan, it has been a long time since you and I have done an episode together. |
| 0:39.8 | Way too long, Terry, but it's great to be back. |
| 0:44.8 | It feels like the old days, us being able to chat, get deep in the weeds, |
| 0:47.7 | and then realize, oh, we shouldn't have recorded that on the podcast. |
| 0:54.1 | But no, I'm excited, and I'm really excited to be here today talking about today's episode topic, which is type 2 diabetes. |
| 0:56.6 | I realize, as you and I were talking about what we should share today, that it's a topic |
| 1:02.5 | that I talk about almost like incidentally with clients all the time and in the community, |
| 1:08.7 | but I haven't talked about it on the podcast. I'm excited for us to get |
| 1:12.8 | to talk about it today because November is Diabetes Awareness Month in the United States. And so it's a |
| 1:20.6 | great time for us to kind of refocus on this for many of our listeners and our community members and |
| 1:27.1 | clients. It's something that as a |
| 1:30.1 | festival method, we're always so focused at this particular time of year of helping to supply people |
| 1:36.4 | with strategies and tips and things around eating and navigating all the holiday parties and |
| 1:42.0 | things coming up. And we can kind of get a little bit lost in the weeds with that year after year I found. |
| 1:49.0 | And as we've started to embrace some of these more monthly theme concepts at the Fasting Method, |
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