Healthy Habit #6 - Smart Carb Choices

Smart Carb Type #1 -  High - Fibre Carbs

• These are most vegetables, most fruits, legumes (beans), lentils etc

Smart Carb Type #2 -  Starchy Carbs

• These are your sweet/startchy fruits (bananas, plantains, figs, dates, starchy tubers (sweet potatoes potatoes), whole grain rice (brown, wild, white), oats

Not So Smart -  Highly Processed Carbs

• These are pastries, cookies and bars, sweets, fruit drinks, soft drinks, dried fruits

How To Make Smart Carb Choices

• Replace oatmeal , toast, potatoes, rice and pasta with 1 - 2 cups of veggies
• Avoid ALL refined carbohydrates
• Save high-carb whole foods for post-workout meals

Smart Substitutions

• Replace toast with fruit and veggies
• Replace rice and pasta with sauteed veggies