When I grew up I was scared of proteins (and red meat). Then it turned out fats were the big bad villain. Now many people are scared of sugars.
I decided a few years back to ignore all the noise and believe for myself that the body needs what it needs, based on what it does. Too much of anything is bad if you don’t need it. But why be scared of sugars if you burn all of them?
Most of us watch our weight, we know how many carbs we eat (within a few 100kCal), we know how many kJ we burn with high accuracy (thanks powemeters)! That is a very, very different situation from the couch potato binging on pop corn with extra caramel and a large coke.
Give a cactus the same amount of water as a fern, and it will quickly die. If you observe a population of 90% cactii and 10% ferns, you can print the sensational headline “New findings prove you should avoid watering all your plants at all costs”! Think of all the ad revenue you’d generate 
I really start to feel old at 37, listening to the unending stream of generalisations and noise permeating our lives. I love the deep dives on the podcast, and other podcast that invariably conclude: “it’s complex, and it depends on individual circumstances. We could talk about this topic for months !” Feels more realistic to me than the click bait and sound bites that replicate over the web and become wildly held beliefs by the sheer force of volume and repetition.
So my way to avoid fearing sugars is just to tune out the sensationalist noise and focus on fuelling the work when I need to, and eating whole foods as much as I can manage.
Just my two cents, rant over. Others may feel differently on the topic.