What Are Some Complex Sugars?
Sweet Potatoes and New Potatoes in Baskets image by bawinner from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a06/u7/0d/complex-sugars_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Potatoes consist of complex sugars. Sugar is more than just a white substance that sweetens drinks or food, it is an important source of energy in the body. Actually, sugar is a term that represents several types of carbohydrates. All carbohydrates consist of sugar units and some have more units than others. Sugars come in two types: simple and complex. Simple sugars have a basic molecular structure and contain a single sugar unit. In contrast, complex sugars consist of three or more simple sugar units bonded together. Complex sugars, also called complex carbohydrates or polysaccharides, have two categories, assimilable polysaccharides and non-assimilable polysaccharides, and each category includes various sugar sources. Assimilable Polysacchari
