Sugar Nutrition UK and water was 'as good as a glucose and water' at maintaining liver glycogen stores during prolonged exercise. Sugar Nutrition UK Sugar Nutrition UK formerly the British Sugar Bureau was a lobby group for the British sugar industry. Dr Alison Boyd is the director of the organisation. She says, in reply to proposals to tax sugar that "Singling out sugar may seem a simple, quick fix solution but risks ignoring many other factors that can contribute to lifestyle diseases.” According to the organisation "Sugar consumption in the UK has declined whilst obesity and diabetes rates have increased". It funded a
Glycogen storage disease type II Glycogen storage disease type II Glycogen storage disease type II, also called Pompe disease, is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder which damages muscle and nerve cells throughout the body. It is caused by an accumulation of glycogen in the lysosome due to deficiency of the lysosomal acid alpha-glucosidase enzyme. It is the only glycogen storage disease with a defect in lysosomal metabolism, and the first glycogen storage disease to be identified, in 1932 by the Dutch pathologist J. C. Pompe. The build-up of glycogen causes progressive muscle weakness (myopathy) throughout the body and affects various body tissues, particularly in the