The sugars in sucrose and starch must be broken down into glucose molecules in the gastrointestinal tract before your intestines can absorb them. ... read more
Starch is a complex carbohydrate, consisting entirely of glucose molecules joined together. It is composed of two fractions - amylose and amylopectin. Amilose is composed of a straight chain of glucose molecules, joined at the 1–4 linkage. read more