I can't say I've read it all, nor have I read every response, however (and I appreciate this may go against the grain for some of you) - but since diagnosis, I've lived on a diet of fruit (Lots of people say fruit, noooooo), fruit juice with more ice than juice, no added fat omelettes (I bought one of these true non-stick pans) and gluten free pasta or rice - with a lean meat of gluten free breaded chicken - I know some people including my D nurse would have horrors at the amount of fruit I eat - yet my HbA1C has dropped from 106 to 44 in 3 months with 75% of my self readings being below 7.
As a newbie to Type II Diabetes I'm sure I've got loads to learn and will have many questions, but I'd far sooner learn it from my own ups and downs (I'm sure there will be times when I get it wrong) and the experience of others and how they manage their conditions rather than reading a book full of guidelines from an organisation with probably limited (if any) experience of TII Diabetes between them
Just my opinion