What is a refined carbohydrate? How do I spot them?
Any carbohydrate (flour, rice, sugar, etc.) that has had part of it removed, through refining, drying or any other similar process. A hypoglycaemic should not eat any refined carbohydrates ever. Sugar is the worst one (also going under the names glucose, sucrose, dextrose, corn syrup, maple syrup, molasses, muscovado sugar, cane sugar, honey, and many others – also often hidden inside other ingredients such as fruit compote, mayonnaise, etc.) and there are others such as flour, rice and pasta which are normally prefixed with whole if they are not refined.
