5 Healthy Carbs You Should Be Eating More Often

With that said, there’s a difference between refined carbohydrates — white breads and pastas, cookies, and candy — and unrefined carbs that you’re consuming in their healthiest, most whole forms. “Carbs can’t all be lumped together,” Abby Langer, R.D. and owner of Abby Langer Nutrition in Toronto, tells SELF. “Complex carbs are released much more slowly into the bloodstream and will give you lasting, sustainable energy.” Point being, they’re very much worth eating.