Complex carbs and simple carbs all convert into glucose and the only reason complex carbs are better for some people is because it takes more work for them to metabolize, so that you're not eating more calories than your basal metabolic rate can handle, and so there's less of big sugar rush all at once that your body has to pump out insulin for.
So you're right, complex carbs are better for blood sugar regulation, and because they have more nutrients.
[Somebody did their research before starting the argument because he is a nerdy, know-it-all, smarty-pants.]
Buuut that means if you eat simple sugars alongside proteins or complex sugars, it'll basically have the same effect of some of it metabolizing right away and some of it metabolizing more slowly. And it'll offset the empty calories.
[Time for act 2. He pulls out a little cup of low-fat, low-sugar yogurt and starts eating that.]
Tada.
[He pops off the lid and licks the yogurt off.]
Dr. Gym'll said it was fine if I eat sweets at least sometimes, especially for the extra calories, but just not all the time.
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So you're right, complex carbs are better for blood sugar regulation, and because they have more nutrients.
[Somebody did their research before starting the argument because he is a nerdy, know-it-all, smarty-pants.]
Buuut that means if you eat simple sugars alongside proteins or complex sugars, it'll basically have the same effect of some of it metabolizing right away and some of it metabolizing more slowly. And it'll offset the empty calories.
[Time for act 2. He pulls out a little cup of low-fat, low-sugar yogurt and starts eating that.]
Tada.
[He pops off the lid and licks the yogurt off.]
Dr. Gym'll said it was fine if I eat sweets at least sometimes, especially for the extra calories, but just not all the time.
So there.