There are two kinds of carbohydrates—kinds that we can digest, and dietary fiber, which we cannot digest.
There are two kinds of carbohydrates—kinds that we can digest, and dietary fiber, which we cannot digest. When we consume digestible carbohydrates, our bodies break them down into their simplest forms: the monosaccharides fructose, galactose, and glucose. Most of the carbohydrates that we consume eventually end up as glucose, because glucose is the most common monosaccharide found in nature, and our bodies can convert fructose and galactose into glucose.