Complex Carbs vs Simple Carbs ... need to know info !

redshoeshelley

Complex carbohydrates are high-fiber foods, which improve your digestion. Complex carbohydrates in vegetables and whole grains are designed by nature, and help you maintain your health.They help stabilize the blood sugar, keep your energy at an even level, and help you feel satisfied longer after your meal.The complex carbs take longer to digest and are packed with fiber, vitamins and minerals. Examples include vegetables, whole grain breads, oatmeal, legumes, brown rice and wheat pasta.


When you look for complex carbohydrate choices to put into your body, seek out two types of carbohydrates…starchy carbohydrates and fibrous carbohydrates.

Starchy carbohydrates include food choices such as brown rice, baked and sweet potatoes, oatmeal, brown pastas and whole grains.

Fibrous carbohydrates include asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, mushrooms, spinach and peppers and can also be found in most varieties of dark green leafy vegetables.


Simple carbohydrates, like sugar and corn syrup, are created in a factory. Sugar and other simple carbohydrates can alter your mood, lead to cravings and compulsive eating, cause wide swings in your blood-sugar levels, and cause weight gain in most people. In addition, a high consumption of sugar can lead to uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms when you finally decide to improve your diet. These carbs are broken down and digested very quickly, but most simple carbs contain refined sugars and very few essential vitamins and minerals. Examples include table sugar, fruit juice, milk, yogurt, honey, molasses, maple syrup and brown sugar.



When you eat (or drink) a simple carbohydrate (simple sugar) whether it's a can of pop, a scoop of fat-free ice cream, or even a glass of orange juice – all of the ingested sugar rushes into your bloodstream. You typically feel a quick rush of energy. Your body reacts to this sudden spike in blood sugar by calling on the pancreas to produce additional insulin to remove the excess sugar from your blood.For the moment, you have significantly lower blood sugar as a result of the insulin doing its job, resulting in of need for more fuel, more energy and more calories. And as you hit that residual low blood sugar, you begin to crave more of the simple sugars ... Welcome to the sugar craving cycle.

Acg67

Simple carbohydrates, like sugar and corn syrup, are created in a factory. Sugar and other simple carbohydrates can alter your mood, lead to cravings and compulsive eating, cause wide swings in your blood-sugar levels, and cause weight gain in most people. In addition, a high consumption of sugar can lead to uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms when you finally decide to improve your diet. These carbs are broken down and digested very quickly, but most simple carbs contain refined sugars and very few essential vitamins and minerals. Examples include table sugar, fruit juice, milk, yogurt, honey, molasses, maple syrup and brown sugar.

Utter garbage. Not all simple carbs are created in a factory ie fructose, lactose etc. And sugar and simple carbs don't cause weight gain a caloric surplus does

supertracylynn

Now it makes so much sense why I get so much energy after eating a Lear, apple, orange, sweet potato, carrots, and bell peppers, then crash!!

Maybe I should stick to the slow-digesting sugars found at McD's and Taco Bell...

supertracylynn

Now it makes so much sense why I get so much energy after eating a pear, apple, orange, sweet potato, carrots, and bell peppers, then crash!!

Maybe I should stick to the slow-digesting sugars found at McD's and Taco Bell...