The glycemic index refers to the increase in blood glucose and insulin in response to a standard amount of food and is determined by measuring the area under the glucose curve. This is then expressed relative to the glucose curve of

a. a water placebo
b. 500 g glucose
c. 50 g glucose
d. the average glucose curve for a similar population
e. the highest glucose curve for a similar population


c. 50 g glucose

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