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Neal, 

Simple sugars (carbohydrates) are sugar, maltose, fructose and substances that instantly turn into the glucose and glycogen your body uses for energy and storage.  Complex carbohydrates are breads, potatoes, all starches and many vegetables such as beans, corn, carrots, that broccoli, pasta, rice and corn flakes, to name a few.  The complex take a few more processes to go through to get to the glucose and glycogen stage so your blood sugar does not go up as fast nor down as fast as with just simple sugars.

George Dixon, MD