When it comes to weight loss, one of the most common recommendations is for a person to go easy on carbohydrates or carbs.
Carbs, as you might know, contribute greatly to weight gain simply because of its property of being able to elevate the sugar level in the bloodstream. Once elevated, this causes a chain reaction that basically informs the brain that the body is in need of more food; and by then, the brain sends signals to that the rest of the internal organs (particularly the digestive system) that the person has to have food, even when the person is not really particularly hungry or when a person just polished off a rather large meal. This condition is what we often term as having the sweet tooth or unwanted food cravings and can make losing weight difficult.
The bad news is that: most of the bread and cereal items we have today use over-refined carbohydrates or bad carbs, that can make a person overindulge, which is the opposite of the wafer thin system. It is no wonder then that we are seeing more and more cases of obesity, particularly in very young children.
The good news is that: you can counter this by simply switching from over-refined carbs (e.g. white flour, white rice) to whole grains also known as good carbs. Whole grains take a longer time to digest, and therefore do not affect blood sugar level immediately. At the same time, many of these are very fibrous, which means that you can consume very little but still feel full -- and fell full for a relatively longer time, as compared to eating over-refined carbs. Some of the best whole grain products you should try are: brown or wild rice, buckwheat, corn, cracked wheat, millet, rolled oats (not the instant ones,) rye, sorghum grains, and triticale: which is a hybrid of rye and wheat.
This is the kind of bad carbs that you should avoid.
