Question

what is a direct result of the digestion of complex carbohydrates? water simple sugars carbon dioxide energy

Explanation:

Complex carbohydrates are broken down during digestion. The process of digestion involves chemical reactions that break large molecules into smaller ones. Complex carbohydrates are polymers of simple sugars. Through enzymatic digestion (e.g., amylase enzymes act on starch - a complex carbohydrate), the glycosidic bonds in complex carbohydrates are hydrolyzed. This hydrolysis reaction results in the formation of simple sugars (monosaccharides or disaccharides). Water is involved in the hydrolysis reaction (as a reactant in the breaking of glycosidic bonds), but it is not the product of the digestion of complex carbohydrates. Carbon dioxide is produced during cellular respiration (not directly during carbohydrate digestion). Energy is released during cellular respiration (when glucose - a simple sugar - is oxidized), not as a direct result of carbohydrate digestion.

Answer:

simple sugars