Lawn and Garden Panel, Finding a Cure for Diabetes

Expert Tips for Your Yard and Garden Guest: Taun Beddes, Horticulture Professor, Utah State University extension, Utah County; Michael Caron, Horticulture Professor, Utah State University extension, Thanksgiving Point Your yard and garden are Top of Mind this hour now that Spring has sprung. Our horticulture experts are in the house to take your questions and ours.  Diabetes: A Personal Quest for a Cure Guest: Scott Summers, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology, University of Utah More than a third of American adults are walking around with a condition that amounts to a ticking time bomb. They have blood sugar levels higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. As a result, they’re at higher risk for heart disease, stroke and the various problems that come with full-blown diabetes.  Most of the 86 million Americans with “prediabetes” don’t know it and they don’t all fit into the overweight, sedentary stereotype of diabetes, either. It’s possible to be fit and active and still be surprised with a diabetes diagnosis in middle age.