Refined carbohydrates are foods from which fiber, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients have been removed. Common examples include white flour, white bread, pastries, breakfast cereals, sugary drinks, and many packaged snacks. What remains is primarily starch and sugar, which digest quickly, raise blood sugar rapidly, and provide far less nutrition than the original food.

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