empty calories
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"It's like dumping empty calories into a system that's been running on a finely tuned diet for hundreds of years."
From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2025
Added sugars are empty calories; they are added to the product during the manufacturing process to make it taste better.
From Salon • Jul. 23, 2024
And they should avoid empty calories and sugars that they’re not going to burn off.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024
“They were really worried and felt like this was going to denigrate them and be sort of empty calories for their brain,” Dr. Lakhani said.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2023
But when empty calories or devitalized foods or misdigestion cuts our nutrient intake we begin experiencing tooth decay, gum disease and bone loss in the jaw.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
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