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Why does most of the food you eat need to be digested?
All food contains complex substances such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats. The body cannot utilise these substances in their complex form. The food consumed is broken down into simpler substances by a procedss called digestion. The digested food can be easily absorbed by the body.
Which of the following cannot be digested by humans-sucrose maltose cellulose or fructose?
Cellulose cannot be digested by humans.Cellulosecellulosehumans cannot digest cellulosecelluloseCelluloseCellulose (aka Fiber) can not be digested by humans because, we don't have the bacteria needed to break down cellulose. Sucrose, Maltose, and Fructose are all disaccharides (carbohydrates/sugars) and are all able to be broken down to glucose in the body.
What are startches?
basically the same as carbohydrates. they are needed in the body for energy. they are digested by carbohydrase into glucose into the blood.
What do digested carbohydrates produce?
Carbohydrates are essential nutrients for your body. Your body can't function properly without them. When you eat food your body digests it and breaks down all the molecules you have eaten.The carbohydrates break down and transform into glucose to fuel your cells.Carbohydrates can be divided into two types, one is simple carbohydrates, the other iscomplex carbohydrates. The difference between these two carbohydrates is how long it takes to fully digest them.Simple carbohydrates digest easily and rapidly, while complex carbohydrates take longer to be digested.
Why is it better to eat starchy carbohydrates than sugary carbohydrates?
Starchy carbohydrates take longer to be digested, therefore they do not flood the body with sugar the way rapidly digested sugary carbohydrates do, and when the blood sugar rises very rapidly, that brings about a large insulin secretion which places a strain on the pancreas.
What are the plant materials that cannot be digested by the human body known as?
Roughage.
Is it better for your health to eat starchy carbohydrates?
Yes it is because Starchy carbohydrates take longer to be digested, therefore they do not flood the body with sugar the way rapidly digested sugary carbohydrates do, and when the blood sugar rises very rapidly, that brings about a large insulin secretion which places a strain on the pancreas.
Does cabbage give you gas?
Certain foods, such as legumes, cabbage, or certain types of bran contain carbohydrates that the body cannot digest. However, bacteria in the colon can use them for food, and as they are digested by the bacteria, gas is produced.
Why does cabbage give you gas?
Certain foods, such as legumes, cabbage, or certain types of bran contain carbohydrates that the body cannot digest. However, bacteria in the colon can use them for food, and as they are digested by the bacteria, gas is produced.
What is the difference between the body's use of carbohydrates and its use of fat-?
The difference between the body's use of carbohydrates and its use of fat is that fats are broken into fatty acids, and stored as triglycerides for future use whereas carbohydrates are digested into glucose or a sugar for immediate use.
Where does the chemical breakdown of carbohydrates happen in the body?
They are everywhere. All cells have some amount of carbohydrates. In liver and muscles, carbohydrate glycogen is stored.
What are nutritions found in carbohydrates in the body?
Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are digested in the intestine, where they are broken down into their basic units.Carbohydrates into sugars,Proteins into amino acids,Fats into fatty acids and glycerol
