Sugar Nutrition UK

Sugar Nutrition UK formerly the British Sugar Bureau was a lobby group for the British sugar industry.[1]

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.”[2] According to the organisation "Sugar consumption in the UK has declined whilst obesity and diabetes rates have increased".[3]

It funded a study published in the American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2015 which showed that Sugar and water was 'as good as a glucose and water' at maintaining liver glycogen stores during prolonged exercise.[4]

References
  1. "Stupid Hunt" (1403). Private Eye. 16 October 2015. p. 7.
  2. "Sugar and Britain's obesity crisis: the key questions answered". Guardian. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. "How addictive is sugar?". BBC News. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  4. "Sugar and water 'as good as a sports drink'". Azer Tag. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.


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