I find the "peer review studies" that were posted interesting. First, when studies are hand picked like these, assume there are studies that say something different. I know because I worked in a research lab that did that regularly. Also, no one defined "carbs". Junk food? Processed food? Breads? Whole grains? Great results are seen when people eliminate all processed "food", including soda and things in packages, from their diets. Also, some of the studies were with people who were pretty ill, and that makes a huge difference.
There have been many studies of people switching to vegetarian or vegan plans and losing weight, and those are lots of beans, lentils and veggies. And fruit.
Great results have also been seen when there is a switch to primarily organic food, as many of the chemicals and hormones used in food are known to cause weight gain. These studies, at least from what I saw, are not differentiating between vegetables and other whole foods and breads which our bodies read as sugar. Makes a huge difference.
I had several friends who were on medically supervised keto until they had kidney issues on their blood work, and switched to eating a healthy well-balanced diet. Well-balanced meaning healthy food only, nothing processed, healthy fats only. One was vegetarian, one was vegan, two stuck with what they had been eating with adding a small amount of whole grains daily. All remained physically active - including cardio, strength, balance, agility, flexibility. All continued losing weight.
Vegetarians lose weight, and vegans lose weight. Athletes often eat lots of carbs (healthy ones).
I think we are still being sold a product as "the next best thing"
Maybe we each just need to eat healthy real food, no chemicals packages or junk, and balance it out slightly based on what works for us at our current weight and activity level.
The activity that seems impossible today, will soon be your warm-up
