Laura consumes a sugar-frosted doughnut for a snack. In her gastrointestinal tract, the sucrose in the doughnut is digested into ________ molecules.
A. alanine and aspartic acid
B. glycerol and fatty acid
C. glucose and fructose
D. maltose and glycogen
Answer: C
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