does anyone know more about good carbohydrate and bad carbohydrate?

Answer 1

Some people increase their risk for heart attacks, cancers and other diseases by markedly restricting all carbohydrates because they think that all carbohydrates are harmful. Restricting good carbohydrates deprives a person of necessary nutrients which increases their susceptibility to disease.

Bad carbohydrates are ones that cause an immediate high rise in blood sugar levels. Good carbohydrates do not do this. A recent report explains the difference (Current Atherosclerosis Reports, November 2005). Good carbohydrates are the ones found in nature and usually do not cause a high rise in blood sugar levels. Bad carbohydrates are usually created by refining grains or other plants into "pure" starches or sugars (i.e., flour, white rice, cornmeal, table sugar and all other extracted sugars.) These refined carbohydrates pass immediately from the stomach into the intestines and cause a high rise in blood sugar.

Whole grains have a thick fiber coating that releases starches and sugars very slowly so blood sugar levels do not rise too high. However, grinding a whole grain to form flour destroys the seed coat and allows the blood sugar rapidly to enter the intestines where it is absorbed almost immediately to cause a high rise in blood sugar.

When you eat an orange, the solid particles go into your stomach, where the pyloric sphincter closes and prevents all solid particles from entering the intestines until they are broken down into a soup that is then allowed to pass. However, liquid orange juice passes directly into the intestine where it is absorbed immediately.

If you are trying to lose weight or are diabetic, it is perfectly healthful to eat a wide variety of the good carbohydrates: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, seeds and nuts. The carbohydrates to avoid are foods made with flour, milled corn or white rice; fruit juices, sugared soft drinks or other beverages with sugar; and processed foods that contain added sugars.

Answer 2

Good carbohydrate (defined by me as lower glycemic carbohydrate or those less likely to make you gain weight) are the green leafy veges and those veges that are considered not starch. In fruits, the non-sweet fruits (like all berries) and apples are considered the best.

Bad carbohydrates (high glycemic - in other words have or turn into more sugar when digested) are starchy veges, including cereals and grains.

In the back of the book "Entering the Zone" by Barry Sears, Ph.D. there is a list of foods broken down by better and worse. Check the library link at www.hufa.org for other books that give food rankings.

Both these groups are better that carbohydrates that are mixed with other things (prepared foods). Good or bad carbs when mixed with certain fats or preservatives or "fillers", are worse.

The best advice is to get a book that includes a "glycemic index" and choose your food choices that way, as the above is very simplistic and not complete, by any means. Remember that even the carbohydrates I have noted above as "bad" have good nutritional value when eaten fresh.

Answer 3

well it depends what you mean by "know more about"? if you just want to know what foods are good carbs and which are bad carbs i can help. Good carbs: 100% Whole wheat bread, not just Wheat bread, brown rice, fresh fruits, sweet potatoes, anything 100% whole wheat. Bad: white bread, white rice, simple sugars such as soda, candy.,
i believe the body uses "bad" carbs relatively quick and therefore the body gets hungrier quicker. also bad carbs are easily converted to sugar which in turn becomes fat.

Answer 4

well, the complex ones require more energy and time to digest

also, the fiber ones pass right on through and help clean you out.

the simple ones have a tendency to increase cravings and, well, increase the waist line size too (because they are eaten so much).