I left them this one:
The Noakes Trial brings to mind a similar set of events in Sweden starting in 2005 as chronicled in https://youtu.be/l55OjWS9pEc?t=5m6s.
The principal players:
Dr Annika Dahlqvist
~ Prof Tim Noakes,
Swedish Nat’l Board of Health & Welfare
~ Health Professions Council of South Africa and Association for Dietetics in South Africa.
The Swedish board reviewed the science for 2 years, then in January 2008 ruled that low carb diets were safe and appropriate for treating obesity.
Prof Noake’s defense very carefully and thoroughly described the science in support of low carb diets. Based on that science you should rule similarly to the Swedes (or better as you’ve had the benefit of world class expert testimony).
If you don’t you will eventually be marginalized by the citizens of South Africa who, by trying the low carb diet and finding that it works, will stop listening to you. No customers, no money.
My own n=1 experiment:
https://www.dietdoctor.com/healing-brain-well-pancreas, shows A1C decline from diabetic to normal; and
Lipid panel, shows excellent lipid panel trends (e.g., Trig/HDL=36/71=0.507 and all the “bad” scores are trending downward).