[Nepeta]

I agree you need carbs to keep energy up but I think there is a difference between simple carbs in a lot of junk food and complex carbs and it seems her reported snacking is all simple carbs, without a balance of other nutrients or long-lasting carbs.

The starch in a Twinkie is the same as the starch in pasta or bread or corn or a potato, the same bonds, the same linkages between simple carbohydrates.

There is no chemical difference between junk food carbohydrates and 'non-junk' carbohydrates. Look it up. I studied biochemistry, and there just is no difference. Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is probably selling some kind of snake oil on the side.

[caseinpoint]

I am no nutritionist and will defer to a pro. I did think there was a difference between simple and complex carbs as far as digestion speed. Simple carbs digested quickly for fast energy and complex carbs digested slower but at a more steady rate, not that they are qualitatively different. I do think if a person has to eat every 15 minutes, slow-burning carbs might help. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.