Oh Pizza, Oh Pizza, You're giving me fits....

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Permalink Reply by karey shearer mallory on September 17, 2009 at 5:55pm

Awesome poem! I can totally relate! I tend to feel the same about appetizeers! They just dont agree with me and my nighttime sugars after a good party!I guess I need to learn to refrain!

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Permalink Reply by Don on September 17, 2009 at 7:02pm

Nice! I take 3 shots spaced over several hours to cover pizza, so I turn it down pretty often.

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Permalink Reply by Amy on September 17, 2009 at 7:13pm

Love it!!!! I gave up on pizza a long, long time ago. If only my non diabetic friends could understand...as they offer me some and I always have the same response. No thanks, I might as well go have cake. We need a nutrition whiz to figure out how to make one that we could eat without all the highs hours later.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Logue on September 18, 2009 at 5:32am

Yeah...it sucks. There are things that I just sometimes give in to that I know I should avoid! You know Chick fil A (in the south) has come out with new shakes.....mmmm. I avoided them as long as I could. Last night, I gave in and split one with my daughter. My bs was 175 this am. Yuck! Ususally my am bs is not over 100. I know I shouldn't have given in, but I did....and it was yummy!

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Permalink Reply by Lucile K. on October 3, 2009 at 6:46am

I'm willing to give my first born for a pizza right now. Make it a tofu and konjac (yam) deep crust pan pizza with extra cheese and supreme toppings...please. I haven't had any pizza in over a year. I'm on Metformin.

However, Penn State Diabetes Center actually did a study titled "Optimal Insulin Pump Dosing and Postprandial Glycemia Following a Pizza Meal Using the Continuous Glucose Monitoring System," which was published in the April '05 issue of Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. That study is about the best way to combat the gulucose-raising effects of doughy carbohydrate-dense crust and high fat content pizza and some people with diabetes. The outcome of the study suggests "a slow and steady insulin-dosing pattern may best combat the glucose-raising effects of that common favorite food."

Also, a Penn State study doc is quoted in an article as saying "after a high carbohydrate, high fat meal like the pizza used in this study, spacing out insulin given by an insulin pump in two doses, one of which is over an eight-hour period, may keep glucose levels in a more favorable range than a single dose of insulin or a double dose taken over a shorter period." See http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/23803.php

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Frankie on October 7, 2009 at 8:03am

My immediate numbers with pizza are fine, but overnight they sky rocket. Oh Cruel Pizza

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Permalink Reply by nel peach on October 7, 2009 at 9:21am

You are Good onehappydiabetic !!
The Italy Italians know how to make pizza for us people living with diabetes ...thin crusts !!
I did eat pizza a few times, while in and around Rome and BG control actually pretty good ..

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Permalink Reply by Andreina Davila on October 7, 2009 at 9:37am

We actually make our own "pizzas" with whole grain low carb tortillas on the toaster with lots of vegetables... and home made tomato sauce, or not sauce at all... just ricotta and olive oils... it usually goes well for Manuel's numbers.

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Permalink Reply by Cathy on October 7, 2009 at 10:55am

Too funny. Can totally relate. Not only does my sugars go crazy. But sets my stomach on fire. So it is a real bad no no for me. OOey GOOey Pizza How I Miss Thou So Much.

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Permalink Reply by Danny on October 7, 2009 at 12:47pm

I do not believe there are many things better in life than a good old fashioned Pizza Poem!... 1HappyDiabetic, you rock!

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Permalink Reply by Dave Moran on October 7, 2009 at 3:27pm

Like Adreina my wife and I build our pizza on a low carb tortilla tastes fine and works well.

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Permalink Reply by 1HappyDiabetic on October 7, 2009 at 5:05pm

Thanks everyone for your comments :-)

I ate some pizza tonight!!! Yikes, did a combo bolus, but splurged and ate 3 slices of pizza. My BG topped at 200 and is going back down.... Yippe!

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