hi.
i always try to eat healthy, but find myself wondering if what i am eating is really as healthy as i think it is. i don´t have much time (or often desire) to exercise more than i do already with riding my bike everywhere i go.
one of the staple foods that i have very often for dinner is basmati rice and i have bread with butter and jam for breakfast. ok, it´s not that i am really want to change these, but i am
want to know the effects of eating too many carbohydrates. i am the sort of person who craves fattening foods and sugar, a C type (communicator) from one website i visited. please help, i feel a little dumb in this area.

Not just from carbohydrates, but also from any source of extra calories — can increase one's risk of developing diabetes, particularly if a person becomes overweight. Exercise helps the cells recognize insulin, allowing glucose in. Keeping oneself active and within a healthy weight range can decrease the risk of developing diabetes.
Dental caries are the main problem associated with a high sugar intake. We have all heard the dentists' warnings about cavities-- brush your teeth after meals and after eating sweets. If that's inconvenient, limit your intake of sweets or eat them with meals, instead of in between meals or by themselves. This way, other foods help to dilute and neutralize the acid that is produced by bacteria on your teeth.
there is no credible research that supports claims that sugar causes heart disease, diabetes, or other problems. They stress moderation-- limit sugar intake to 10% of your total kcalorie intake. That would allow 10 teaspoons (50 gms) on a 2000 kcalorie diet.

There are others who believe that sugar is the devil incarnate. For their side of the story, read "Sugar Blues", available in your local bookstores.
Tips...At the supermarket
Read ingredient labels. Identify added sugars in a product. Select items lower in total sugar when possible.

Buy fresh fruits or fruits packed in water, juice or light syrup rather than in heavy syrup.

Buy fewer foods that are high in sugar such as prepared baked goods, candies, sweet desserts, soft drinks, and fruit-flavored punches and drinks. Substitute vanilla wafers, graham crackers, bagels, English muffins, and diet soft drinks, for example.

Buy nuts (dry roasted), sunflower seeds, and air-popped popcorn or baked tortilla chips to replace candy for snacks.

In the kitchen
Experiment with spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, coriander, nutmeg, ginger, and mace to replace sugar for sweetness and flavor in foods. (This also works well with plain yogurt instead of buying sweetened ones).

Use home-made foods with less sugar whenever possible rather than commercially prepared ones that are higher in sugar.

At the table
Use less of all sugars-- including brown sugar, honey, molasses and syrups.

Reach for fruit instead of a sweet for dessert or for a snack.

Add less sugar to your foods-- coffee, tea, cereal or fruit. Get used to using half as much, then see if you can cut back even more.

Cut back on the number of sugared drinks. Substitute water, fruit juice, or diet sodas.