Q: carbohydrates like brown rice and wholmeal bread provide energy. I eat a diet which is fairly high in carbs. My question is - why is eating a diet fairly high in carbs seen by many as being bad. I understand that white flour carbs like white bread aren't nutritious and contain little. Surely goods carbs like fibrous - hence filling - wholemeal carbs - cannot be any near as bad. Of course I'm aware that eating more carbs than I need in energy(calories) a day will make me overweight. By the way my weight is very constant - despite my high carb diet. I eat a high carb diet as I know it provides the energy I need - low carb diets surely leave people feeling drained.

A: You totally have the right picture of eating carbs. If you are happy with your present weight and you eat healthy carbs like brown rice whole-grain bread and you don't overeat, then you have no reason to change to a low-carb diet! Low- or medium-carb diets are appropriate when trying to lose weight and fat but if you are not trying to do that and are eating healthy foods then you certainly don't need to follow such diets.