Problems digesting carbohydrates that can lead to gas and bloating include. 1  lactose intolerance, a condition in which you have digestive symptoms such as bloating, gas, or diarrhea after eating or drinking milk or milk products.
1 Carbohydrates are used in many different ways in an organism. 2  Here polymers of Glucose that are involved in storage and structure are explored.
Starch is itself composed of two types of polymer:amylose and amylopectin. In amylose, the glucose monomers are linked by 1,4 glycosidic bonds. This means that the bond connects carbon atom number 1 in one glucose to carbon atom number 4 in the other glucose.