Carbs get a bad rap these days, but provided most of your carbohydrates are complex, you really shouldn't be concerned. The trouble is with the lack of satiety response for foods high in simple sugars without mitigating factors (fruit juices, table sucrose, table syrups, and to a lesser extent honey). In addition, people differ genetically and this can affect optimal intake. For instance, I do well on a diet with lots of starchy carbohydrates, so my diet is based primarily on bread, steamed grain (rice, wheat, quinoa) and green vegetables (bok choy, spinach, broccoli), but I try to limit simple sugars.
There are fads of forsaking entire categories of macronutrient because this is the simplest thing to explain after counting calories.
There are fads of forsaking entire categories of macronutrient because this is the simplest thing to explain after counting calories.