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How Can Disaccharides Be Broken Down?

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Over 70% of the world's population is estimated to have some degree of lactose intolerance, which is a prime example of the body's inability to efficiently break down a specific disaccharide. To understand this, one must first grasp the core process of how can disaccharides be broken down into their individual sugar units.