The Sugar in Milk

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All I keep seeing on the boards about sugar is constantly about glucose and fructose, how they are processed the same etc...

I need a little help. However there is sugar in milk in the form of lactose. Can anyone tell me if it is processed by the body in the same way as the other two sugars?

Thanks.

GreatSetOfBrains

How We Digest Carbohydrate

Carbohydrates are a class of natural organic substances that includes sugars, starch and cellulose (indigestible plant fiber). The digestion of a particular carbohydrate in the gastrointestinal tract depends upon the complexity of the carb's molecular structure - the more complex it is, the harder the digestive system must work to break it down in order to absorb it into the bloodstream. In simple terms, carbs divide into 3 types: (1) monosaccharides, like glucose (dextrose or corn sugar), fructose (fruit sugar) and galactose, which are digested rapidly; (2) disaccharides, like sucrose (table sugar), lactose (milk sugar) and maltose, which are digested quite quickly; (3) polysaccharides, like starch, which take longer to digest; and (4) very complex carbs, like cellulose (indigestible plant fiber) which cannot be digested at all.

thankyou4thevenom

Thank you.