I was just reading an article discussing the idea that eating carbs later in the day would actually help you lose weight.

The study cited as evidence that eating some carbs at dinner / evening may help with weightloss does NOT suggest that at all.

The study compared two diets, where the only difference was the time of day the carbs were eaten. So the conclusion from that study, is that if you are going to eat significant carbs and protein (the protein is important) then you must restrict calories and you should eat the carbs late.

This is a problem with quite a lot of dietary and health studies. They take the standard average diet, and compare it to one minor variation. When they find the variation works better for good health, they erroneously decide that is the ideal diet.

The reality is that in this study, calories were restricted. It has been shown conclusively that restricting calories is unsustainable for any number of reasons. So what happens when the subjects stop restricting calories? They get fat again.

A much better study would have a range of diets, including a high fat, low carb approach. Then you would find that low carb would trump the other approaches, even without calorie restriction.

The erroneous conclusion being drawn here simply gives people the idea they should be eating carbs, and you will find those people always struggling with weight control because of it.