Your body cannot use starch because it is a complex carbohydrate. It must be broken down into shorter carbohydrate strings before being converted into energy
Your body must digest food to get energy from the vitamins, nutrients, and all the other stuff your body needs to survive.
Yes, glucose releases energy quicker than starch because glucose is a simple sugar that can be easily broken down and used by the body for energy. Starch, on the other hand, is a complex carbohydrate that must be broken down into glucose before it can be used for energy.
Your body must digest food to get energy from the vitamins, nutrients, and all the other stuff your body needs to survive.
Yes they do. the protein has to be digested in the stomach before absorbed there.
Water, sure. But cats are obligate carnivores. They eat meat. Obligate means they MUST eat meat.
to change the starch to maltose
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Starch has a low respiration rate primarily because it is a complex carbohydrate that must first be broken down into simpler sugars like glucose before it can be metabolized for energy. This breakdown process requires enzymes and time, limiting the speed at which starch can be utilized for respiration. Additionally, starch is stored in granules, which can further slow down access for metabolic processes compared to simpler sugars that are readily available for immediate energy use.
Sugars are usually converted into starch for storage.
Before starch can be used for respiratory ATP production, it must be hydrolyzed to glucose. Glucose is the form of sugar that can be efficiently broken down in the process of cellular respiration to produce ATP.
When starch is boiled in water, its internal granules absorb water and swell up. This causes the starch to thicken the water, forming a gel-like consistency. Heating also breaks down the molecular structure of starch, turning it from a compact semicrystalline form to a softer, more dispersed state.
It is broken down using enzymes, such as amylase, into glucose which then can be used in cell respiration.