How to Use disaccharide in a Sentence

disaccharide

noun
  • This disaccharide is different from the digestible simple monosaccharide sugars birds consume when eating the fruit on your trees.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 24 May 2026
  • The dietary approach is known as low fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols, or the Low-FODMAP Diet for short.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Nov. 2025
  • FODMAPs are fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols.
    — Cynthia Sass, Health, 13 Nov. 2025
  • High-fiber foods that are low-FODMAP—low on fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols, all of which are carbs that are absorbed poorly by the gut and can trigger distress as a result—could come to the rescue.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The researchers discovered that the gastrointestinal symptoms are largely caused by fermentable carbohydrates (another wheat component), which are also known as fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs).
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Fructose May Cause Digestive Issues for Some People Because pears contain a naturally higher amount of fructose, they’re considered a high FODMAP (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols) food.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 23 Sep. 2025

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