BALANCING ACT

We should all be aiming for a well-balanced diet, and carbohydrates can be a healthy and essential part of that. Try not to think of foods as simply bad or good – many foods are a combination of both, rather than simply one or the other. Breakfast cereal, for example, can be quite high in ‘bad’ sugar but may also contain plenty of ‘good’ nutrients, such as vitamins and fibre.