What is a complex carbohydrate?

Answer 1

Carbohydrates serve as fuel and building material.. They include both sugars and polymers of sugars. The simplest are the monosaccharides or single sugars, also known as simple sugars. Disaccharides are double sugars consisting of two monosaccharides joined by condensation reaction. Polysaccharides are carbohydrates which are made up of many monosaccharides condensed together; they are also called Complex Carbohydrates.

Answer 2

Equivalent question: which food has the highest glycemic index? Answer from Barry Sears's diet books is rice cakes. The sugar glucose is not usually consider an ordinary food, but it is quickly digested. Ben Green

Answer 3

Complex carbohydrates are also known as polysaccharides. The most complex carbohydrate appears to be oats. Wholegrain foods and starchy vegetables are also good sources of complex carbohydrates.

Answer 4

Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of cheeseburgers.

Answer 5

Polysacchride