Making the switch from simple to complex carbs can help stabilize your blood sugar, rev weight loss, and prevent heart disease.
By Moira LawlerMedically Reviewed by Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDCES
Reviewed: October 29, 2020
Replacing refined, simple sugars with more complex sources is an important step in managing type 2 diabetes. Complex carbohydrates leads to better blood sugar management compared with refined grains, according to the American Heart Association.
Scientists have long known that an important step in preventing and managing type 2 diabetes is replacing refined, simple sugars in the diet with more complex sources. One of the main reasons is that complex carbohydrates lead to better blood sugar management compared with refined grains, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). Refined grains, which can be found in foods including white rice and pasta, tend to result in surges in blood sugar, or glucose, shortly after eating — and energy crashes a little while later. On the other hand, complex carbohydrates such as whole grains (brown rice and whole-wheat pasta) take comparatively longer to digest, which results in a steady release of glucose into the bloodstream.
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