The Hell of the North
THE HELL OF THE NORTH. Click here for Day 1, Roscoff to Paule.
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Plymouth Hoe!
So we made it. We’re on the boat. Perpignan here we come! Although, there were occasions today when neither of us thought we’d make it this far, let alone ride the whole of the length of France. The plan was: drop the car off at the storage place in Plymouth, ride the five miles or so along the river to the town centre, have fish and chips and catch the ferry. We have caught the ferry. We have also had a ride on the lovely Tamar Valley Railway line. And we had Nando’s for tea. When we left Trowbridge this morning the mood in camp was positive, but tempered slightly by a certain level of apprehension as neither of us has attempted anything quite like this before. We had time to stop for a coffee en route and arrived in Plymouth in good time. We quickly found the storage place where we would be leaving the car while we’re away, but the storage people couldn’t find any evidence of our booking and they had no more room for new bookings. So, we had a car we were leaving in Plymouth for...
The proof is in the sugar free, low carb pudding.
So, four weeks ago I visited my doctor about an ingrown toenail and walked away on a diet. A strict high fat, low carb or ketogenic diet. The daily carbohydrate allowance for this diet is around 20g or less. That’s the amount you’d find in one banana. To reduce the intake of carbs down to this level, it essentially means no bread, no pasta, no rice or potatoes, absolutely no sugar, no beer (that’s described as liquid bread!) no cakes or pastries and no sugary drinks. All these foods are broken down into glucose which is used by the body for energy. Insulin is the key hormone that allows the cells of the body to use glucose as fuel and when we eat carbs and they are absorbed into the blood as glucose, we cause the release of insulin. Not only does insulin allow the use of glucose as a fuel, it also encourages the storage of fats. As long as the body has glucose to burn, the fat reserves we have are ignored and can cause a great deal of harm. The body likes to s...