The healthiest carbs are beans, vegetables, fruits and whole grains.
The carbs in beans, fruits, vegetables and whole grains are high in minerals, phytonutrients, vitamins and fiber.
As a result they also have a much lower impact on your blood sugar levels and can help you feel full for much longer.
Examples of healthy carbs include.
Whole grains such as oatmeal, brown rice, whole wheat bread and pasta.
Starchy vegetables like white potatoes, sweet potatoes, peas and corn.
Legumes such as lentils, beans, chickpeas, kidney beans and Lima beans.
Fruits including oranges, whole fresh fruits, frozen fruits and canned fruits and even pasta.
Carbs or "carbohydrates" are sugar molecules.
Along with the fats and proteins, the carbs or carbohydrates are one of the 3 main nutrients which are found in drinks and food.
Carbohydrates are needed by the body and the body breaks the carbohydrates down into glucose.
Carbohydrates are essential for the body as the carbs are the body's main source of fuel.
During digestion, the sugars and starches are broken down into simple sugars and are then absorbed into your bloodstream, where they are know as blood sugar or blood glucose.
After that the glucose then enters the body's cells with the help of the insulin.