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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 440650" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p>Ironically this phenomenon is called <strong>The Pizza Effect</strong> basically fat slows down digestion so the carbs hit your blood stream much slower than with a less fatty meal, which is why Pizza makes insulin taking so infuriating as theres no real way of knowing when the carbs will hit you. Trial and error and guess work all needs to be considered but for a non insulin diabetic as you have now discovered Pizza (at least 6 slices of Pizza) is not a great idea :wink: </p><p></p><p>Google <strong>The Pizza Effect</strong> or search for it here on the forum as theres a lot of information about it and it is really useful to understand this stuff and how it affects us <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>ie. After a night on the booze for those who indulge occasionally a slice (not 6 :wink: ) of pizza on the way home may stop your bg crashing later on due to your liver dealing with the alcohol in your blood.</p><p></p><p>To lesser degree vinegar has a similar effect as does a glass of red wine, knowing what can slow down digestion can be used to your advantage when eating carbs so there is a trickle of carbs entering the blood stream over a longer period rather than one big hit as with fast acting carbs. Glycaemic Index and Glycaemic Load is worth reading about as it can have a profound effect on controlling bg levels :thumbup:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 440650, member: 19121"] Ironically this phenomenon is called [b]The Pizza Effect[/b] basically fat slows down digestion so the carbs hit your blood stream much slower than with a less fatty meal, which is why Pizza makes insulin taking so infuriating as theres no real way of knowing when the carbs will hit you. Trial and error and guess work all needs to be considered but for a non insulin diabetic as you have now discovered Pizza (at least 6 slices of Pizza) is not a great idea :wink: Google [b]The Pizza Effect[/b] or search for it here on the forum as theres a lot of information about it and it is really useful to understand this stuff and how it affects us :D ie. After a night on the booze for those who indulge occasionally a slice (not 6 :wink: ) of pizza on the way home may stop your bg crashing later on due to your liver dealing with the alcohol in your blood. To lesser degree vinegar has a similar effect as does a glass of red wine, knowing what can slow down digestion can be used to your advantage when eating carbs so there is a trickle of carbs entering the blood stream over a longer period rather than one big hit as with fast acting carbs. Glycaemic Index and Glycaemic Load is worth reading about as it can have a profound effect on controlling bg levels :thumbup: [/QUOTE]
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