simple carbohydrate

noun

1. a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.

Example Sentences

While these are essentially simple carbohydrates in the form of sugar and are supposedly an easy-to-digest, quick energy source, studies looking into the effects they have on runners’ guts are mixed.

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Those foods are all more difficult to digest than simple carbohydrates like straight table sugar.

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