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Which carbohydrate provides energy for cows but only dietary fiber for humans? Starch Sucrose glycogen cellulose

Which carbohydrate provides energy for cows but only dietary fiber for humans? Starch Sucrose glycogen cellulose
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Which carbohydrate provides energy for cows but only dietary fiber for humans?

Starch

Sucrose

glycogen

cellulose

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The answer is Cellulose. It does not provide calories/energy. The human digestive tract cannot break it down, so it is indigestible in humans.
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this is cellulose,because humans lack enzymes to break it down
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