Pizza has a glycemic index of 30+?

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reyesryanmjaube

Discussion Starter · Oct 6, 2010

So my sister brought home a box of pizza. I stared at it for a while and asked myself If I can eat this. I mean, just looking at the crust makes my glucose rise (kidding!). I closed my eyes and just took a bite.

I took it to my room and I googled "Pizza Glycemic Index" and I was surprised.

Pizza is considered to be a Low GI food. Pizza has 30, apples have 38. So does this mean I can indulge on pizza? Well, not exactly indulge but... eat.

I will check my sugar after 45 min and share my result. If you have any pizza-and-glucose related stories, please do share

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foxl

· #2 · Oct 6, 2010

I only have ONE pizza-related story .... because I DO NOT eat regular pizza after that one.

Pizza is NOTORIOUS for causing huge, sometimes delayed, spikes.

I do better with cauliflower-crusted pizza. I make a mean one of those -- You mix shredded cauli, lots of mozz, and an egg, and herbs. Can top and slice like a regular pizza. Try googling it.

And good luck with what you ate -- test for a long time after it!

reyesryanmjaube said:
So my sister brought home a box of pizza. I stared at it for a while and asked myself If I can eat this. I mean, just looking at the crust makes my glucose rise (kidding!). I closed my eyes and just took a bite.

I took it to my room and I googled "Pizza Glycemic Index" and I was surprised.

Pizza is considered to be a Low GI food. Pizza has 30, apples have 38. So does this mean I can indulge on pizza? Well, not exactly indulge but... eat.

I will check my sugar after 45 min and share my result. If you have any pizza-and-glucose related stories, please do share

onaughmae

· #3 · Oct 6, 2010

reyesryanmjaube said:
So my sister brought home a box of pizza. I stared at it for a while and asked myself If I can eat this. I mean, just looking at the crust makes my glucose rise (kidding!). I closed my eyes and just took a bite.

I took it to my room and I googled "Pizza Glycemic Index" and I was surprised.

Pizza is considered to be a Low GI food. Pizza has 30, apples have 38. So does this mean I can indulge on pizza? Well, not exactly indulge but... eat.

I will check my sugar after 45 min and share my result. If you have any pizza-and-glucose related stories, please do share

Pizza does raise my blood sugar quite a bit. But it causes the biggest spike 1.5 to 2.5 hours after I eat it. I have to take the bulk of my insulin dosage at that time to cover it. It digests and breaks down into sugar more slowly, thats why it is a lower GI food. Keep checking your blood sugar 2 or 3 hours after you eat it to make sure it isnt giving you a late spike.

reyesryanmjaube

Discussion Starter · #4 · Oct 6, 2010

I checked right now and it showed 101 like 50 min after I ate it.

I will check again after 2 hours and after 3. I'm actually surprised here.

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reyesryanmjaube

Discussion Starter · #5 · Oct 6, 2010

yeah, I had doubts after I posted that so i checked again, it's really 101

1st time I checked 2 times with no differences

onaughmae

· #6 · Oct 6, 2010

Thats what it does to me too. My blood sugar actually got low the first time I tried to eat it after I got my pump because i took a dose of insulin like I normally would...then by two hours I was close to 200. Keep checking it to make sure it doesnt give you a big spike later.

reyesryanmjaube

Discussion Starter · #7 · Oct 6, 2010 (Edited)

onaughmae said:
Thats what it does to me too. My blood sugar actually got low the first time I tried to eat it after I got my pump because i took a dose of insulin like I normally would...then by two hours I was close to 200. Keep checking it to make sure it doesnt give you a big spike later.

Yes I will. BTW, I'm not on a pump. I just took 8 units of basal insulin. 10 units of fast acting insulin at around noon (I just had to eat that friggin cake!) and 2000mg of metformin distributed through the day. It's night time here BTW.

Joshua Shorter

· #8 · Oct 6, 2010

reyesryanmjaube said:
Yes I will. BTW, I'm not on a pump. I just took 8 units of basal insulin. 10 units of fast acting insulin at around noon (I just had to eat that friggin cake!) and 2000mg of metformin distributed through the day. It's night time here BTW.

Even when we aren't on the pump, the digestion of the pizza can still cause a rise later than normal. Like if I have pizza for dinner, my after dinner reading will be fine but my fasting reading will be high.

reyesryanmjaube

Discussion Starter · #9 · Oct 6, 2010 (Edited)

I am nearing the 2 hour mark. I will post my glucose count right after,

OK! I got 122 now. That's after 2 hours. Should I inject now some fast acting insulin?

diabetes86

· #10 · Oct 6, 2010

I have always found pizza to have a modest spike but it lasts a long time.

I get the "fully loaded pizza" if you get a plane or a 1 topping then the crust (wheat) is a larger percentage of the meal, so your likely to go higher than if you get the fully loaded pizza.

I get the meat lovers + bacon+onion+mushroom+green pepper+extra cheese MM MMM good

If I dont Bolus up for it I go to 160 or so, but it lasts for hours.

reyesryanmjaube

Discussion Starter · #11 · Oct 6, 2010

Ok, I got 114 now. So does it mean it's going down?

foxl

· #12 · Oct 6, 2010

reyesryanmjaube said:
Ok, I got 114 now. So does it mean it's going down?

keeeep testing. That may not be an ending ...

ThoseBackPages

· #13 · Oct 6, 2010

you intentionally ate pizza???

reyesryanmjaube

Discussion Starter · #14 · Oct 7, 2010

ThoseBackPages said:
you intentionally ate pizza???

Uhh, yes.

After that last post, I slept cause it's already very late here. I checked my glucose this morning and I got 105.

scneilson

· #15 · Nov 28, 2010

The fat in the cheese and other toppings delays the flour/wheat from doing its thing. Also...if you drink wine when you think you are going high, it will bring it down. It is the only way I can eat pasta. I Know, I know...all in reason!

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