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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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