NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE
Despite popular belief, carbohydrates are in fact good for us! We need them for energy production, digestive health, cardiovascular health, keeping us full, controlling our blood sugar, mood, energy storage, building up macromolecules, sparing protein, keeping us regular – and they taste good too! They’re one of our three macronutrients and we need them just as much as we need protein and fats.
THE GOOD & BAD
There are different types of carbs. There are bad ones, also known as simple or refined, and the good ones, complex carbohydrates.
Simple carbs include cakes, biscuits, white bread, white pasta and sugar. These foods have given carbohydrates a bad wrap and are linked to type 2 diabetes, inflammation, obesity and cardiovascular disease. These are the ones…
