Comment by suddenclarity

It has been the main view since at least the 80s but then we got a low carb high fat movement around 00s-10s that argued that carbs are a poison. Partly because if you stopped eating carbs, then you basically couldn't eat high caloric fast food.

So although common within the science community, many in the general population still have a negative view on carbs. I assume this article is aimed towards those.