You’re at a picnic enjoying a variety of plant-based foods….
You’re at a picnic enjoying a variety of plant-based foods. You notice that the starchy potato salad tastes great and digests easily, but the fibrous kale salad makes you feel a bit bloated. Curious, you ask yourself: Why can your digestive system break down the starch in potatoes but not the cellulose in kale? Which of the following best explains this difference? A) Cellulose molecules are toxic to the human body, so they remain undigestedB) Starch is water-insoluble, while cellulose dissolves quickly in water, making it indigestible.C)The human body produces enzymes that can break down starch but lacks enzymes to break down cellulose.D) Starch is a simple sugar, but cellulose is made up of complex fats that the body cannot process.
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