http://www.carbconundrum.com/carbohydrates/ Carbohydrates, when eaten in excess, can cause you to gain weight. Especially if you're eating too many bad carbohydrates. en-us Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:24:04 EDT Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:24:04 EDT Weblog Editor 2.0 Yes, it's true. Carbohydrates can make you gain weight--the wrong kind of carbohydrates, that is. Carbohydrates - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Okay, there are good carbohydrates and bad. Ugly? Well, we just put that in the heading because it sounded good. But there is such a thing as good and bad carbs, and we'll explain the difference. Let's start with the good carbs--also known as complex carbohydrates. These carbs are, in a nutshell, fruits, vegetables and whole grains. They can include whole wheat pasta, brown rice, oats, whole wheat or whole grain breads and nuts. Complex carbs take longer for your body to digest, so you don't experience spikes in your blood sugar levels. You keep your blood sugar level on an even keel and your body doesn't have to produces excess insulin. (Excess insulin production can lead to weight gain, and over time, insulin resistance.) Then there are the bad carbs, which are also known as simple carbohydrates. These include anything made with refined white flour and refined sugars. The more obvious bad carbs are candy, cake, pie, brownies, ice cream, and other desserts. Also included are white breads, white rice and regular pasta. A lot of condiments also have bad carbs, like ketchup and barbecue sauce, for instance. Simply replacing bad carbs with good carbs is a step in the right direction towards good health. And knowledge is key. For instance, did you know that we only need 130 grams of carbs a day, but most of us eat far, far more than that? So if you cut back to 130 grams, that's a form of cutting carbs, but you don't cut back so much that your body can't function properly. No matter what weight loss plan you choose, you have to make sure it doesn't jeopardize your health. Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:24:04 EDT http://www.carbconundrum.com/carbohydrates/n13.html Complex carbohydrates are a difficult idea to wrap our heads around, but they're really quite simple. On this page, we'll take the "complex" out of complex carbohydrates. en-us Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:40:37 EDT Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:40:37 EDT Weblog Editor 2.0 http://www.carbconundrum.com/carbohydrates/n12.html Good carbohydrates are the complex doodads you hear so much about in nutritional books. No diet is complete without good carbohydrates, but you cannot survive on carbohydrates alone. en-us Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:39:30 EDT Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:39:30 EDT Weblog Editor 2.0 http://www.carbconundrum.com/carbohydrates/n11.html Low carbohydrates seeme sto be on everyone's plate today. Why worry about workouts when you can avoid the weight gain with a diet of low carbohydrates? en-us Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:38:54 EDT Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:38:54 EDT Weblog Editor 2.0