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 International Pompe Association. John Crowley became involved in the fund-raising efforts in 1998 after two of his children were diagnosed with Pompe's. He joined the company Novazyme in 1999, which was working on enzyme replacement treatment for Pompe's. Novazyme was sold to Genzyme in 2001 for over US$100 million. The 2010 film "Extraordinary Measures" is based on Crowley's search for a cure. 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