METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE GLYCAEMIC INDEX OF FOOD TO BE CONSUMED BY A PERSON

摘要

The invention relates to the field of measurements for diagnostic purposes, in particular to measurements associated with assessing the influence of food loads on a human organism. In order to determine the glycaemic index on the basis of the results of measuring glucose concentration in a person's blood, the period of time Δt from the beginning of an increase in the concentration of glucose caused by an intake of food up to reaching a maximum value of the concentration of glucose is determined and the maximum increase in the concentration of glucose in the blood ΔG max for a specified period of time is determined. Furthermore, the glycaemic index of food is determined as a ratio of the maximum increase in the concentration of glucose in the blood ΔG max to the maximum increase in the concentration of glucose in the blood which would enter a human organism upon the intake of pure glucose, the amount of which is equal to the amount of carbohydrates contained in the consumed food, and which is determined as a value proportional to the production of ΔG max per Δt. The invention substantially simplifies the procedure of determining the glycaemic index of actual food and makes it possible, on the basis thereof, to produce simple personal devices for monitoring carbohydrate metabolism.