When it comes to staying lean and healthy are carbs ally or enemy?
A study by the American Journal of Epidemiology on ‘How Carbohydrates & Obesity are Linked’ found it is the kind of carbs you eat -not the amount – that determines your risk of obesity. What researchers need to do is start differentiating between “good” and “bad” carbs. Some researchers are already doing that, but many still fail to consider the difference. Carbs can be classified in the following groups: complex, simple, starch, fibre, sugars, refined, and unrefined. So for example: Vegetables would be in groups; complex, fibre, and unrefined. White pasta would be in complex, starch and refined. Brown rice would be in complex, starch and unrefined. Fizzy cola would be in groups simple, sugar and refined. Confusing huh? It is actually not that difficult to know what carbs you should and shouldn’t be eating. The best classification to go by is the two groups, “good” unrefined and “bad” refined carbs. Never before have most of us eaten so many refined carbs. A refined carb refers to food
