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Both starch and cellulose are polysaccharides made of individual glucose molecules. Why then can humans digest starch but not cellulose

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Starch and cellulose are two very similar polymers. In fact, they are both made from the same monomer, glucose, and have the same glucose-based repeat units. ... Your body contains enzymes that break starch down into glucose to fuel your body. But we humans don't have enzymes that can break down cellulose