Think of carbs like a ladder. Simple carbs are the short, two-step ladders—they get your energy up fast, but you’re back on the ground just as quickly.
Complex carbs are the long, sturdy ladders that take you up slowly and keep you there for hours. You know, the kind you actually trust when you’re hanging Christmas lights.
Pasta, especially the white, refined kind you buy in a box for a dollar, is mostly made of starch—a simple carbohydrate that your body breaks down in a flash.
So does that mean pasta is bad? Not so fast.
Here’s where it gets personal. I remember a rainy Tuesday when I came home exhausted, and the only thing standing between me and a meltdown was a box of penne and a jar of tomato sauce.
I didn’t overthink it. I boiled the water, dumped in the pasta, and ten minutes later, I was sitting on my couch with a bowl that smelled like hug.
And you know what? That simple-carb dinner didn’t ruin my life. It saved my evening by giving me quick energy and a sense of comfort that no kale salad could ever replicate.
