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Diabetes Doesn't Wait: How to Stay Empowered This Holiday Season

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A kidney decline from 60% to 15% can end with dialysis and transplant conversations.

1. The Fasting Method Podcast episode is built around the line that diabetes does not wait during the holiday season. 2. Coach Terri hosts with Megan Ramos, who joins as a co-host and shares client-facing examples from the Fasting Method community. 3. The episode asks how people can stay empowered through November and December while reducing type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance risk. 4. Megan says most people in the community are there because of insulin resistance, which she calls the underlying cause of type 2 diabetes. 5. Terri says her HbA1c was over 13 at diagnosis at age 32, and she wonders how many years insulin resistance had been developing before that point. 6. Megan describes a grandmother with type 2 diabetes who believed being on medication made it acceptable to eat chocolates. 7. Megan says she used to think “it’s okay because I’m on medication,” then later changed that view after living with blood sugar problems herself. 8. Terri says she now asks, “What would a person who takes really good care of this health concern eat on this day?” 9. Megan recounts a younger cousin in her 20s who refused sugary drinks and said she did not want to become diabetic like relatives across several generations. 10. Megan points to Ontario’s “five to drive” rule and says blood sugar below 5 mmol/L can create a penalty risk for type 2 diabetics. 11. Terri says an alarming number of children under age 10 are being diagnosed with what she calls “adult onset diabetes,” meaning type 2 diabetes. 12. Megan says the prefrontal cortex matters because a 10-year-old has less control over food choices than a 20-year-old. 13. Terri says she gets excited when clients find out they have insulin resistance because early action can prevent progression to diabetes. 14. Megan compares kidney disease to a slow-moving train wreck and says patients often feel fine until kidney function drops from 60% to 15%. 15. She says Canadian transplant rules require dialysis first, even with a good live donor match. 16. Megan says holiday motivation is harder for people who are prediabetic because they do not yet feel sick or inject insulin. 17. Terri says identity and “why” matter because people can choose to care for themselves without being rigid or perfect. 18. The conversation stays conversational and reflective, with Terri and Megan trading personal stories, clinical examples, and practical strategies. 19. People managing prediabetes, insulin resistance, or holiday eating would get the most from this episode. 20. People looking for a purely technical diabetes lecture may skip it.

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