Any "hypothesis" that tries to reduce something as complex as nutrition to a single factor is going to be easy to shoot holes in. This article sets up carbs as

Any "hypothesis" that tries to reduce something as complex as nutrition to a single factor is going to be easy to shoot holes in. This article sets up carbs as a straw-man. Simple carbs are calorie-dense and tend to increase hunger. There are many more factors at play, but that doesn't invalidate the fact that reducing your simple-carbs intake will probably help and not hurt your efforts to lose weight.