simple carbs
Fast-digesting starches
Simple carbs are carbohydrates that the body digests quickly—sugars like glucose, fructose, and sucrose found in fruit, candy, and white bread.
The term usually carries a negative connotation in nutrition discussions, contrasted with complex carbs (whole grains, legumes) that digest more slowly: I'm trying to cut back on simple carbs.
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- glucosePrimary cellular fuel
- sugar rushEnergy spike from sweets
- white breadRefined flour loaf
- white flourProcessed wheat for baking
candy · soda · energy drink · pasta · cookies · cake · fast food · spike · crash · energy · quick · refined · starch · syrup · doughnut · cereal · breakfast pastry · juice
- carbohydratesglucose, fructose, sucrose, lactose, starch
- Sugar Metabolismglucose, blood sugar, glycolysis, glycogen, blood glucose monitor
- nutrientsprotein, vitamins, fats, minerals, vitamin
- nutritionnutrients, protein, fats, vitamins, minerals
- Sports Nutritionprotein, electrolytes, hydration, protein shake, energy gel
simple, simpler, simplest, simply, simplicity, simplify, simplification, simplified, simplistic