| BCAA | Branch Chain Amino Acid |
| BCKA | Branched-chain α-ketoacids |
| mTORc1 | Mammalian Target Rapamycin Complex 1 |
| NICE | National Institute for Clinical Excellence |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PICOS | Population, Intervention, Comparison and Studies |
| PROSPERO | International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews |
| T2DM | Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| ID | Identification |
| IR | Insulin Resistance |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| C2 | Aceylcarnitine |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| TSA | Trial Sequential Analysis |
| FBC | Fasting Blood Glucose |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| IV | Inverse Variance |
| ORs | Odds Ratios |
| RoB | Risk of Bias |
| SMD | Standardised Mean Difference |