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What is the breakdown and processing of complex carbohydrates in animals?
Digestion
Can anyone help me understand what complex carbs are?
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.
What is amylase and what type of organic compound does it breakdown?
Amylase is an enzyme that specifically speeds up the breakdown of amylose (aka starch)
Do carbohydrates breakdown sugar?
No, enzymes break carbohydrates down into sugar.
What are complex carbohydrates broken down into?
Complex carbohydrates are broken down into simple carbohydrates -- also known as sugar.
Are steriods complex carbohydrates?
Steroids are not carbohydrates.
What is the breakdown of food into absorbable nutrients?
carbohydrates
What form do humans use carbohydrates?
Humans primarily use carbohydrates in the form of glucose for energy production through cellular respiration. Glucose is obtained from the breakdown of more complex carbohydrates in the diet and is transported in the blood to cells where it can be used for energy or stored as glycogen for later use.
Two types of carbohydrates are?
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.
Which type of sugar is absorbed most quickly by the body?
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.
How do carbohydrates breakdown to sugar?
A slight misunderstanding; carbohydrates are sugars. Sucrose is table sugar.
What are the organic substances that enhance the breakdown of protein carbohydrates and fat?
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.
