simple sugars known as saccharides.
monosaccharide - 1
disaccharide - 2
polysaccharide - 3 or more
Digestion
Pancreatic amylase breaks down carbohydrates in the pancreas by chemically destroying the molecules.
A complex carbohydrates are better for your energy level because they take longer for your body to breakdown. These starches found in breads, pasta and grains. Simple carbohydrates come from fruits and are naturally occurring and they are used up faster by the body.
No, enzymes break carbohydrates down into sugar.
Complex carbohydrates are broken down into simple carbohydrates -- also known as sugar.
Steroids are not carbohydrates.
carbohydrates
The two types of carbohydrates are simple and complex. Simple carbohydrates are referred to as fast-acting carbohydrates. Sugars are considered simple carbohydrates. Starches are considered complex carbohydrates.
Simple carbohydrates absorb in the body more easily. They also provide the quickest source of energy to the body. Complex carbohydrates have to breakdown into simple carbohydrates before they can be absorbed by the body.
A slight misunderstanding; carbohydrates are sugars. Sucrose is table sugar.
the monomers of complex carbohydrates, or polysaccharides such as glycogen, starch, and cellulose are monosaccharides such as glucose.
Vitamins are organic substances that enhance the breakdown of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Without vitamins, the breakdown and assimilation (the taking in of nutrient material) of foods would not occur.