Refined carbs are present in two main foodstuffs: refined grains and refined sugars. Milling the grain removes the bran and germ. Doing this improves the shelf life of the grain and gives it a ...

which makes whole grains more nutritious than refined grains, which have had their germ and bran removed. Examples of whole ...

Examples of refined grains include white rice, white flour, flour tortillas and corn grits. You may have seen the term “super grain” to describe ancient grains growing in popularity.

Refined grains: grains with the fibrous and nutritious parts removed, like white flour. Refined carbs are sometimes called ‘empty calories’, because they have been stripped of some of their ...