Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's giant Green Bank Telescope have discovered a frigid reservoir
of simple sugar molecules in a cloud of gas and dust some 26,000 light - years away, near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Simple and refined carbohydrates such as white rice, pasta, and potatoes are also broken down into
simple sugar molecules once they hit the small intestine, creating a similar response in the body.
Any group of carbohydrates consisting of a small number
of simple sugar molecules; most commercial prebiotics are oligosaccharides.
It also found ethanol and glycolaldehyde,
a simple sugar molecule.
A current study uncovers that measuring blood level of mannose,
a simple sugar molecule that is part of many naturally occurring polysaccharides, can be used to forecast a person's probability of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and progression of diabetic kidney disease.
Simple carbohydrates, like table sugar or highly refined wheat flour, consist of one of two of
these simple sugar molecules bound together.
Complex sugars, like fruits and vegetables, are composed of long chains of tens of thousands of
these simple sugar molecules.
When you eat carbohydrates, your body breaks them down into glucose, which is
a simple sugar molecule that your cells process for energy.