Why are people scared of carbs?

With some, too many carbs = increased blood sugar = uncontrolled diabetes.
Most diabetic have to watch their carbs very closely to control their blood sugar.

While lots of people say calories in = calories out - that is true for a robot.
But I have not met many robotic people.
Two other confounding factors are appetite; and your brain (very complex).
Higher protein suppresses appetite. So science shows in studies that if one group eats a high carb meal, and another eats a protein / fat meal (same calories); at the next meal the people who have eaten the carb will eat more food. (Hence the reason that a lower carb meal will make it easier to "diet".
A second reason is that we also like to "feel good". The endocrinology system responds to sugar / fat (eg. chocolate) and makes us feel good. So if you are feeling a bit down, a snack of a short length carb (such as sugar) picks us up (not a hunger / appetite response). Works in the same area of the brain - the hypothalamus.

Thirdly, we have to eat protein - there are some essential amino acids we need. We have to eat fat. There are fats we cannot synthesis. But there is no "carb" we actually need. Yes - there are some vitamins in complex carbs such as green leafy vegetables, but these are not carbs - they just happen to be there, and you can get them elsewhere.

Back to the start. Calories are calories, but that ignores we are people with very complex physical, mental and social interactions.

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Simple carbs are bad, complex carbs are good. Some people don't understand the difference and cut them all out.

I'm not afraid of carbs, but I feel my body responds better to a lower carb diet, especially when I'm trying to lose weight. I think everyone is different so what works for me may not work for someone else.

Same reason people were scared of fat for 30 years.

your body needs to burn available carbs before getting to your fat source. Unused cards are converted into glycogen and ultimately fat if not used. If you decrease your cabs you can burn fat easier and they become more readily available for energy. I like working out on an empty stomach in the am for this. I am not a fan of eliminating carbs by any means, but we tend to eat a lot more than we need. Also, glucose causes a sugar spike and then crash. I find personally when I eat more processed foods I crave more similar foods sooner in time. When I resist them, it becomes easier to not constantly reach for food.

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