Complex carbohydrates consist of starch and dietary fiber, both of which are found in beans, such as chickpeas, fruits and vegetables and whole-grain products. Simple carbohydrates are refined sugars found in healthy foods like fruit and milk, but also table sugar, which is added to many packaged goods and candy.
Updated Nov. 18, 2003 12:01 a.m. ET. Toys R Us Inc. said it will close 180 children's clothing and educational-toy stores and reported a wider-than-expected loss for its fiscal third quarter, signaling expectations of bruising price competition in the Christmas buying season.
Melanie Teed-Murch, president of Toys R Us Canada, said in a statement that all 83 locations there would continue operating as usual. The news comes after a brutal year for retailers in the U.S. in which store closings more than tripled from the previous year to nearly 7,000 closings, setting a record.