Re: Any thoughts on low-carb pizza?

In article <4471c508$0$5016$c3e8da3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Janet Wilder <kelliepoodle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Elizabeth Blake wrote:


Does he carb count, and if so, what do you guesstimate for the carbs in one
slice of real pizzeria pizza? I'm in NYC and haven't had real pizza in
awhile. When I was on MDI I would always go low, then high. Actually I
would go low, go lower, go low some more and then go high! I've now been
on
a pump for a year and would like to try pizza again but trying to figure
out
the carbs is a problem. All of the info I find online is for chain store
pizza like Dominos or Pizza Hut. When I see something saying that 1 slice
of pizza has 30 or 35 carbs I have to laugh. I imagine those slices are
probably no bigger than a slice of apple pie.



Yes he carb counts. My best guess is somewhere around 25g for the crust.
We don't count the tomato. You do have to test PPs because the fat in
the cheese can creep up the BG readings and you might need a corrective
bolus. One generous slice, folded in half to drip off the extra oil <g>
and a big salad on the side. A long walk afterward or a "roll in the
hay" helps <vbg>

That might be a mistake. Plain tomatoes might be OK in the quantity that
one normally would eat (as a garnish), but tomato sauce is highly
concentrated, and may have sugar added, to boot. Back when I first grew
tomatoes, I had a huge crop (over 100 lbs from six plants!). When you
make tomato sauce, you cook the pulped tomatoes down considerably, so
that it takes approximately 6 tomatoes to give you one serving of sauce.
And then, as I said, there's the added sugar that many recipes call for.

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