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This is silly, you are using an extreme exaggeration and saying that the article is wrong. Those who cut carbs and and continue to eat a moderate amount of carbs while keeping their calories in check will lose weight.

They will lose weight faster than those who continue to eat carbs. I don't think it's even an argument anymore that cutting carbs helps to lose weight. By saying "eat food, not too much, mostly plants" you are agreeing with less carbs..?

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> Those who cut carbs and and continue to eat a moderate amount of carbs while keeping their calories in check will lose weight.

Those who do anything while keeping their caloric intake in check relative to their caloric expenditure will lose weight.

Controlling carbs may be particularly effective for some people in acheiving this, particularly because some people are relatively resistant to the satiating effect of carbohydrates, and thus have a higher tendency to overeat when eating carbs.

Zero fat diets work just as well. People lose weight if you force them to get most of their calories from sugar syrup, or potatoes, or bananas. The mechanism is the same: food reward, as explained in the whole health source link. People stop overeating because monotonous food is less rewarding.

There's no magical obesogenic property of "carbs."

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