Good Carbs versus Bad Carbs...Get the Truth!

At a loss for what the difference is between good carbs and bad? Do you think a whole wheat bagel is the best breakfast choice? If so, you've got to watch this!

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[jamiegd1980]

Thanks @kennybellew. I appreciate your comment and think the best way to consider carbohydrates is how, if at all, they have been processed. In my segment it would have been better to describe the "bad" carbohydrates as "refined" rather than simple. Either way, it is important to remember that carbohydrates play a key role in a healthy diet and should be consumed in their least processed, most whole form.

[claropeee]

where's the fatty meat?

[Avaricious123]

Wouldn't you agree that wheat products are not that good for you even if you don't have celiac disease?

[kennybellew]

I would agree with that-- refined generally is worse than raw. Though, raw sucrose is nutritionally empty, so the principle breaks down. I get that you can't get too technical when you're appealing to the masses, but I think they can understand something like--"avoid the white starches." Maybe give that a go.

[kennybellew]

This nutrition counselor is incorrect and is perpetrating a myth. It is not simple carbs that drive up blood glucose levels. She needs to understand what simple carbs are. Simple carbs are those with fewer than three linked sugar molecules. Complex have three or more and are also called starches. White bread is a complex carb. Fruit has fructose, a simple carb. Go look at the Glycemic index and see which of the simple carbs have a higher GI than white bread. None but glucose itself.