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.
It is also referred to as a polysaccharide, because it is a polymer of the monosaccharide glucose. Starch molecules include two types of glucose polymers, amylose and amylopectin, the latter being the major starch component in most plants, making up about three-fourths of the total starch in wheat flour. Amylose is a straight chain polymer with an average of about 200 glucose units per molecule.