Disaccharides like lactose can barely get through dialysis tubing, but CAN NOT move across a cell membrane. What must happen to disaccharides and polysaccharides that we eat in order for our cells to use them as energy molecules? What must be present in the digestive tract for this to happen?

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Disaccharides like lactose can barely get through dialysis tubing, but CAN NOT move across a cell membrane.

What must happen to disaccharides and polysaccharides that we eat in order for our cells to use them as energy molecules?

What must be present in the digestive tract for this to happen? 

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