METHOD FOR MEASURING AMOUNT OF ENERGY CONSUMED BY INDIVIDUAL WITH FOOD Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G01N33/49 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: after beginning a meal, a human blood glucose concentration G_i is intermittently measured over a period of time Δt_i, and a blood plasma glucose gain ΔG(pl)i, an amount of glucose received by insulin-dependent tissues ΔG(tis)_i, an amount of glucose consumed by the metabolic processes ΔG(met)_i, an amount of glucose consumed by the metabolic processes in the insulin-dependent tissues ΔG(tm)_i are determined over the above period of time Δt_i. That is followed by measuring an amount of glucose ΔG(∑)_i consumed by an individual over the above period of time Δt_i, as ΔG(∑)_i=((ΔG(met)_i-ΔG(tm)_i)+ΔG(tis)_i+ΔG(pl)_i)/K₄, wherein K₄ is a coefficient taking into account the amount of blood glucose, except for liver glucose that provides a basis to calculate the amount of energy consumed by the individual with food over the above period of time Δt_i.

EFFECT: method enables measuring during meals and assessing the amount of energy consumed by the individual over small periods of time, controlling the energy consumption through time taking into account the individual characteristics of specific digestion.

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