Table 1.

Search terms and search strategy.

Patient/Population	Intervention	Comparator	Outcome (Primary)	Study Designs	Combining Search Terms
Patients with diabetes	Almonds	Control	Glycometabolism	Randomised controlled trial
Patients with diabetes OR type 2 diabetes OR Diabetes OR Diabetes complications OR diabetes mellitus, type 2 OR diabetes mellitus	Almond OR Tree, Almond OR Almond Tree OR Sweet Almond OR Almond Trees OR Tree Nuts OR Almond, Sweet			1. Randomised controlled trial OR controlled clinical trial OR randomized OR placebo OR drug therapy OR randomly OR trial OR groups 2. “Animals” NOT “Humans” 3. 1 NOT 2	Column 1 AND Column 2 AND Column 3