White Bread vs Wheat Bread: A carbohydrate comparison

Carbohydrates are classified as either simple or complex. This has to do with their chemical structure. Here’s the science…. for a simple carb, there are one or two sugar subunits and complex carbs have thousands of subunits. Complex carbohydrates contain complex chains of the simple sugars linked together. They break down much more slowly in order to be able to release their stored energy. The body uses both simple and complex carbs by converting them to glucose and which then becomes a primary energy source for us. Glucose has an effect on our blood. Carbohydrates are also categorized according to …read more