Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Type 2 diabetes diet - the fats you should eat to manage blood sugar levels
dailyrecord.co.ukType 2 diabetes is a lifelong condition which has no known cure, but there are a number of ways those with the condition can keep their blood sugar levels in check.Following a healthy diet is one of the best ways to manage these levels.
Rather than following a low-calorie weight loss diet, people with diabetes are encouraged to eat plenty of fats - but only certain kinds.According to charity Diabetes UK, type 2 diabetes occurs when the body can not produce enough insulin, which means the sugar - or glucose - in your blood cannot break down.Without medication, blood sugar levels rise continuously.
It is often seen in those who are inactive, obese, or have a family history of type 2 diabetes, according to the NHS.Those most likely to suffer with type 2 diabetes include people who are middle-aged or older, however the condition is affecting more and more children and teenagers due to rising levels of childhood obesity.Around 84 million people in the world are said to have pre-diabetes, meaning their blood sugar is high but not high enough to be diabetes yet.This is when food and diet comes into play, as the wrong choices could spell disaster for those rising blood sugars turning into type 2 diabetes.Fats get a bad reputation when it comes to diets, and there is much confusion regarding good versus bad.According to many health experts, fats are indispensable when it comes to their contribution to a healthy and balanced diet.Dr Priyanka Rohatgi, Chief Clinical Dietician at Apollo Hospitals, states that fats have a significant role in modifying insulin sensitivity for type 2 diabetics.“Mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated acids improve metabolic mediators and plateau the spikes of blood sugars,” she said.Dr Ritesh Gupta,
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