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Why can we digest starch, but not cellulose? artwork
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Why can we digest starch, but not cellulose?

Chemistry in Everyday Life by Johannes Vogel

Sep 12, 202100:10:40Science & Medicine

Both starch and cellulose are made of glucose, one of the main sources of energy for the human body. Yet... we can digest starch that we find in things like potatoes or flour, but we cannot digest cellulose, a compound t...