Pizza ?

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Permalink Reply by Cat on January 1, 2010 at 8:52am

I use the dual wave but never the square wave, and now I forget the difference. Anyone remember? I tend to use the dual wave for all high fat meals, but sometimes I am afraid of doing so at night because I am scared of what is happening when I am sleeping.

I agree with the post about the thin crust pizza...I usually get the thinnest crust possible and that seems to help. And I skip the meat toppings, which seems to make things worse for me, not sure why exactly.

I was just looking at a different thread about how many carbs people eat, and now I am worried I am eating too many carbs. I am guessing that some of them were Type 2 and possibly also trying to lose weight?Some people in there were eating way less than 50 per day. Pizza always exceeds that for one meal for me.

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on November 28, 2009 at 9:56am

That's it exactly. Fat greatly slows down absorption. If you had meat toppings, that protein adds to the problem especailly since meat toppings tend to have a lot of fat also. Sometimes BG goes up from pizza longer than three hours.

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Permalink Reply by nel on November 28, 2009 at 1:01pm

I think you underestimated the amount of carbs as well , unless your carb ratio is high .

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Forsman on November 28, 2009 at 1:38pm

I can't eat pizza because of celiac disease, but digging back in my memory bank, I recall needing way more than 2 units of regular to combat 4 slices of pizza. For 4 slices, my body would have needed 4 units when I ate and then 2-4 units more 2 hours later. I have an insulin pump so my combo boluses are automated now, but way, way back before the pump, I divided it that way.

And yes, the fat content in pizza delays absorption so the insulin needs to be spread out. Mexican food also frequently works that way.

Michelle
Western Washington State

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer on January 1, 2010 at 5:27pm

Michelle - if you want to try great GF pizza crust - try www,stillridingpizza.com The best GF pizza crust out there IMO. We just found this and were amazed.

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Permalink Reply by Santiago Jimenez on November 28, 2009 at 9:39pm

Gracias everyone.. I always get a lot of help for your wisdom ;)

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Permalink Reply by Kristin on November 29, 2009 at 1:48am

You are certainly not alone on this!!

I can see my blood sugar rise for 6 hours after eating pizza. Most of it comes after the first two hours.

Before I had the pump, I bolused for half the pizza before eating it and the other half two hours later. Next time you should probably take more insulin for 4 slices of pizza (it seems like you actually needed 5 units of insulin to bring your blood sugar back to normal).

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Permalink Reply by Holger Schmeken on November 29, 2009 at 4:32am

Well, the pizza is really a challenge and you will learn by the time to handle it. It comes slow but the load of carbs is huge. You need to have insulin for all the carbs but in most cases the insulin will be quicker than the absorbtion. But this all depends on your digestion rate and the insulin you are using. NovoLog insulin will be too quick in most cases. With Acctrapid that lasts for 4 hours it can be achievable to catch it with one injection - try and error I suppose. I will inject 70% of the insulin NovoLog before I start to eat and the other 30% will be injected 2-3 hours later (depending on the BG and my physical activity). Hmm, I get hungry now!

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Permalink Reply by Leo2 on November 29, 2009 at 8:21am

I set an alarm clock for 3 hours. I test (but I know it'll be up). Overall, I end up giving myself at least twice what I would normally take for a food with that amount of carbs. I never go hypo despite this. Fat, fat, fat.

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Permalink Reply by nel on November 30, 2009 at 11:07am

I ate Pizza , when I was in Rome and area , 2006 and found their crusts quite different ( thinner , less fat ) and had no problem with my BG numbers ...here ( Canada ) it is a challenge and I have not mastered the process as a pumper ( probably find it toooo much of hassle ) ...maybe one day soon , I'll try again .

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Permalink Reply by Amanda on November 30, 2009 at 3:56pm

did the pizza have a lot of protien on it?? for me protien will raise my blood sugar 4-6 hours after i eat it, not right away. if i have more than one serving of protien at dinner i'm usually always going high overnight, even if i'm perfect before bed. oh and how i wish i only had to take 2 units of insulin for 4 slices...oh how i wish. i'd take somewhere around 12-14 units for four average size slices. if it is only a cheese pizza i can be perfect 2 hours later with no suprising highs later on.

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Permalink Reply by priscilla provenzano on November 30, 2009 at 5:09pm

with pizza, the absorption rate is slow so you are better off doing half the amount of insulin you usually do before eating and then the remaining half about 40 minutes later. I am on the pump and am able to do this with the pump and it does work, this also works with chinese food. Good luck.


Priscilla

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