On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:51:48 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:24:54 -0500, Janet Wilder >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Tell him not to mix fatty meats and carbs. The fat keeps the carbs in
> >> your blood longer. That's why pizza is such a no-no for diabetics. Eat
> >> the pastrami with a knife and fork and forgo the bread.
> >
> > Thank you! I had already told him that he should try using lettuce as
> > a bread substitute. He says the ham and pastrami he buys is only
> > around .5-1 gram of saturated fat per serving. That little keeps
> > carbs in the blood longer? Wow! Thanks for the explanation.
> >
> Yes. Fat delays the absorption of carbs. A little fat in a meal is good.
> A lot is not. Then you get what some call the pizza effect. Huge spike in
> blood sugar later than you'd think. Of course this applies only to a meal
> with carbs.

Thanks! I passed on that information to him too.

So far eating the leftovers of the last pizza(s) I made hasn't been a
big problem. The pizzas were just basil pesto, mushrooms, onion and a
little grated parmesan + quattro formaggio. He's eats a slice, goes
for his walk, comes back and measures his glucose. The reading has
been +/- 100 the last 4 times he did it, so snacking on pizza worked
out well.


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