Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to monitor the potential effect of novel dietary regimes on those adopting them.
Public Health England monitors the diet and nutritional status of the United Kingdom population through the National Diet and Nutrition Survey to identify new or changing dietary issues and support its public–facing advice on how to achieve a healthy balanced diet, as set out in the Eatwell Guide.
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition can also assess the effect of a particular dietary regime on the health of those adopting it if this was considered important and if there was sufficient scientific evidence to form the basis of an evidence review.