Good/Bad Carb List

Does anyone have a list or can you recommend where I can find a list of good and bad carbs? One made for dummies.

I don't have one but you could google the glycemic index... those with a  lower number are better for you......  The less refined the better, vegetable carbs better than breads, etc.

Hope this helps  a little at least its a start.

Elisa

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Thank-you

If you're going for the Atkins list it's basically veggies (other than potatoes/corn/carrots/peas) and berries (strawberries/raspberries/blueberries/blackberries).   Smaller amounts for the berries than the veggies.  Salad veggies (like cucumbers or celery) allow for a larger quantity than veggies like cauliflower. 

Bad would be sugars **** cream, cake,  candy...),  starches (fries and potato chips = worse than a baked potato,  but potatoes aren't great on the Atkins list in any form),  flours, bread and crackers,  pastas etc.

What I would like is a list that shows the most common good and bad carbs. Like a chart of sorts.

Hey Jeff, here's a pretty simple list from Tim Ferris, who wrote "The Four-Hour Body."  This is the basis for his "Slow-Carb" diet... It's a mix of all kinds of foods, but you can pick out the carbs.  He has specific reasoning behind "not allowing" certain non-carbs... you can google the "Slow Carb Diet" and read all about that.  But here's the go/no go list:

Not allowed:

Milk

Milk products including cheese (except cottage cheese)

Refined soy products (Soy milk, Tofu, tempeh, soy protein shake)

Fruit

Potatoes (sweet potatoes, yams, yucca, any starchy vegetable)

Bread, rice, grains, oatmeal, tortillas, quinoa

Ketchup

Creamy dressings and dressings with sugar

Sugar, honey, corn syrup, maple syrup, fructose

Deep-fried breaded food (corrected, good catch!)

Corn, popcorn (updated, per Tim's comment)

Kombucha

Allowed:

Eggs

All meat (Beef, pork and poultry NOT treated w/hormones or antibiotics)

Turkey bacon, organic bacon, organic sausages

All fish, seafood (canned is fine)

All beans (chickpeas in moderation)

All vegetables (except potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams)

Hot sauce

Salsa w/o sugar

Any oil (Olive oil, macadamia nut oil, grapeseed oil preferred)

Butter

Spices & herbs

Mustard

Non-creamy low-sugar dressings

Brown rice protein, hemp protein, pea protein

Unflavored whey protein isolate

Unsweetened cocoa

Vanilla extract

Allowed in moderation:

Mayonnaise

Peas

Tomatoes

Avocado (1 cup/day max)

Peanut butter/ almond, and other nut butter (1 TB/day)

Nuts (5-10 per meal)

Hummus, chickpeas/garbanzo beans

Coffee (w/up to 2 TB cream)

Aspartame / Equal (Diet soda 16oz/day, Sugar-free JELL-O)

Unsweetened almond milk

Thank-You very much.

Other than fiber, there is no such thing as a "good carb".  You should avoid carbs in general, and really avoid simple sugars.

I suppose that is what I am trying to figure out. What exactly is a carb that is a fiber?