| Author | Year | Periodic | Reasons to exclusion |
| Paisey | 1984 | Diabetes Care | Non-clinical trials |
| Parillo | 1984 | Minerva Endocrinologica | Duration <4-weeks |
| Barsotti | 1987 | Infusionstherapie und Klinische Ernährung | Only abstract |
| Parillo | 1988 | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | Duration <4-weeks |
| Barsotti | 1988 | Contributions of Nephrology | Only abstract |
| Naumova | 1990 | Vŭtreshni Bolesti | Only abstract |
| Barsotti | 1991 | American Journal of Nephrology | Non-diabetic population |
| Metcalf | 1993 | Clinical Chemistry | Outcomes of interest not reported |
| Hadfield | 1993 | Practical Diabetes | Non-clinical trials |
| Oldrizzi | 1994 | Journal of the American Society of Neprhology | Dietary information not provided |
| Citro | 1998 | Minerva Endocrinologica | Outcomes of interest not reported |
| GSEDNu | 2006 | Journal of Diabetes and Complications | Non-clinical trials |
| Brunori | 2007 | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | Non-diabetic population |
| Cámara | 2008 | Revista Espanhola de Salud Publica | Outcomes of interest not reported |
| Glover | 2009 | Food Hydrocolloids | Outcomes of interest not reported |
| Teixeira | 2010 | Diabetes | Outcomes of interest not reported |
| Gong | 2011 | Diabetologia | Dietary information not provided |
| Lin | 2011 | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | Dietary information not provided |
| Sun | 2011 | Journal of Chinese Clinical Medicine | Only abstract |
| Reddy | 2012 | Kidney Research Clinical Practice | Non-clinical trials |
| Dunkler | 2013 | JAMA Internal Medicine | Non-clinical trials |
| Chang | 2013 | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | Non-clinical trials |
| Tirosh | 2013 | Diabetes Care | Only abstract |
| Dans | 2013 | Phillipine Journal of Internal med | Only abstract |
| Khatri | 2014 | Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology | Non-clinical trials |
| Hsu | 2014 | Clinical Nutrition | Non-clinical trials |
| Xu | 2014 | Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology | Non-clinical trials |
| Díaz-López | 2015 | Diabetes Care | Dietary information not provided |
| Villarini | 2015 | Annali di Igiene | Non-diabetic population |
| Lee | 2015 | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | Non-clinical trials |
| Nazha | 2015 | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | Only abstract |
| Rebholz | 2016 | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | Duplicated |
| Dunkler | 2016 | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | Non-clinical trials |
| Piccoli | 2016 | BMC Nephrology | Dietary information not provided |
| Ashgari | 2016 | Hypertension Research | Non-clinical trials |
| Hirahatake | 2016 | Circulation | Dietary information not provided |
| Rebhold | 2016 | American Journal of Nephrology | Non-clinical trials |
| Mejia | 2016 | The FASEB Journal | Only abstract |
| Ashgari | 2017 | Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation | Non-clinical trials |
| Horikawa | 2017 | Nutrients | Non-clinical trials |
| Duncan | 2017 | Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome | Dietary information not provided |