But nutrition labels don’t always tell you if the carbohydrate content is simple or complex. Complex carbohydrates are digested more slowly and release glucose into the blood stream more gradually.

Polysaccharides are carbohydrate polymers in which monosaccharide ((CH2O)n) units are covalently joined by an O-glycosidic bond in either a branched or linear configuration. Polysaccharides serve ...