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Why can't humans digest cellulose ?

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Why can't humans digest cellulose ?
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M B 5 years, 3 months ago

The type of carbohydrate that cannot be digested by human but can be digested by ruminants is Cellulose. The ruminants have a large sac-like structure between small and large intestine where the food containing cellulose is digested by the action of certain bacteria. Humans cannot digest cellulose since the cellulose digesting enzymes are absent in them.

500 Sub With No Video Challenge 5 years, 3 months ago

Cellulose is a type of Carbohydrates that can be digest by ruminants but not by human because the cellulose of food digest in certain action of bacteria that is not present in human body.
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