My friend is a big fan of the belief of carbs being fattening, and asked me why I am a proponent of the opposite. My response was that carbs are not inherently bad, and what he thinks of as a carb is probably just a vessel for more fat that he could consume otherwise. That deep fried french fries are at least 40% calories from fat, donuts are similar, etc. That if he were eating truly, naturally low fat foods, they are typically relatively low in calories without their fatty counterparts.
Then I thought, HWJNR (how would Jeff Novick respond)? And I said that it really just comes down to the calorie density of the food; that low-carb foods are typically very calorie dense since there is little fiber or water to keep them feeling full and satisfied.
So my question is that if/when you ever discuss low/high carb diets, whether you ever even touch the idea of the poor energy conversion of carbs to fat storage. Or if you only talk about calorie density and leave it at that. In your mind, is the poorer conversion of carbs to storage a talking point you ever make use of? Does that in your mind even turn out to matter when it comes to the overall calories someone will eat? Pound for pound they'll technically store less fat, but do studies show this to happen in real life?