I'm reading up on some nutritional stuff and see that food can be divided into three groups: proteins, fats, and carbohydrates.
I'm having a hard time understanding the carbohydrates. Apparently they can be slow or fast, simple or complex, starchy or non-starchy. I'm not clear what all of these mean, and whether there is overlap among the categories.
For instance, I think simple means that the food (such as white bread) is converted into blood sugar relatively quickly which, for sugar spiking purposes I guess is not supposed to be good. I can't figure out whether for digestive purposes - such as crohns - there is any relevance.
Thanks for any input.
I'm having a hard time understanding the carbohydrates. Apparently they can be slow or fast, simple or complex, starchy or non-starchy. I'm not clear what all of these mean, and whether there is overlap among the categories.
For instance, I think simple means that the food (such as white bread) is converted into blood sugar relatively quickly which, for sugar spiking purposes I guess is not supposed to be good. I can't figure out whether for digestive purposes - such as crohns - there is any relevance.
Thanks for any input.