Good post. Without having that particular study to refer to, I kind of reached the point about 3 years ago of just eat healthy food. For me, that also meant cutting a lot of crap food that tended to be unhealthy carbs, like chips, etc.
Currently my wife and I follow the Mediterranean diet, which is a long-term proven diet (see
here), is a joy to eat and prep food for, and we pretty much don't have to mess with all the specialized calorie/protein/carbs counting. It is not the fastest diet for 'weight loss', but it compensates by being long-term sustainable and probably the best overall for your health.