Jillian Michaels on Refined Sugar and Processed Grains: warns against

Jillian Michaels warns against “white foods” — white bread, white rice, white sugar — the refined, processed end of the carbohydrate spectrum, per The List. She pairs the warning with her calorie-balance rule: “Don’t eat more calories than your body burns in a day, no matter how healthy the food.”

Her stated reasoning is that refined grains and sugars deliver calories and glycemic impact without the fiber and nutrients of whole-food carbohydrates. She presents them as the specific carbs worth cutting — the exception inside her broader pro-carbohydrate position, where carb quality, not elimination, is the principle.

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