You don't need to follow a "specific diet" although many would prefer someone to simply say "eat this and not that"

Two absolute secrets:

First - if you are trying to lose weight you have to eat less of "everything"

No special food, no tricks. If you eat less calories then you burn up, you lose weight - eat equal calories to what you burn your weight stays stable - eat more than you burn and you gain weight

So if you want to lose weight just eat "less of everything your currently eat" - smaller portions = weight loss

To control your blood sugar with diet you have to restrict your carbs in

We each have some "number of carbs" that we can metabolize given our level of impairment

For me that is about 130 carbs a day (split over 4 meals of about 30 carbs/meal) - I follow a Low Carb/High Fat diet - yes, I lost and have kept 60 pounds off for about 6 years now eating "HIGH FAT" and my A1C has been 5.4/5.5 since early 2017 which proves that it isn't "what you eat" but rather how much - 1000 calories of Fat is still only 1000 calories - so I count and don't exceed my daily calorie allowance and stop eating when I get there

Others need to consume far less (without going full Keto which is below about 40 a day)

Yes that means reading nutrition labels
Yes that means sometimes you will have to measure or weigh

Is there an alternative?

Yes - more medication

You can do the hard work or the meds can do it for you

Exactly - that's why many of us "eat our meter"

Eat the 30 carbs, then test 2 hours later

If your number is in range then you know 30 is "safe for you"

If you are out of range cut back to 25 and do it again

You keep counting, eating and testing until you find "YOUR Number"

Each of us will have a different number because Type 2 is a Metabolic Disorder - I can eat 30 a meal, Henry eats less than that a day and we achieve similar results

So just because Bob or Mary follows a plan doesn't mean it will work for you

It is confusing when you get different advice. Your nutrionist gave you the current guidelines. Mine told me 45gm carbs per meal and 15 snack. Start with the 30 gm meal per meal and check your sugars 2 hours after eating. That will tell you if what you ate spiked your sugars. You can then lower your carbs per meal if you think you need to. Everyone is different with what works for them and you have to determine what works for you.

I went to a nutritionist and they wanted me to eat 30 carbs per meal and 15 for snacks. Some people are telling me to eat no more than 30 carbs per day. It's confusing