Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
Technically, starches are long chains of sugars. You're right that our bodies have to break the chains apart to get at the energy they contain, and that it's a slower process than eating cane sugar. But, at the end of the day, it's sugar.
The point I was trying to make was that: carbohydrates from whole foods which take longer time to break down and be converted into glucose are healthier then carbohydrates which break down very fast or carbs which don't need to be broken down such as pure sugar.