Diabetes: Preventive Medicine
(asked on 11th March 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the clinical effectiveness of low carbohydrate diets in reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes.
This question was answered on 19th March 2019
A joint working group between the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, NHS England and Diabetes UK is currently reviewing the evidence on lower carbohydrate diets (alongside higher fat and/or higher protein) compared to current Government advice for adults with type 2 diabetes. The draft report will be published for consultation in 2019.