empty calories

Calories from food that lacks actual nutritional value (often junk food). No wonder you're hungry again—you only ate empty calories earlier.See also: empty

empty calories

Food that has little or no nutritional value. For example, Snacking on beer and potato chips makes for a lot of empty calories. [1960s] See also: empty

empty calories

Food that has little or no nutritional value but adds to one’s caloric intake. This expression was born in the diet-conscious era of the late twentieth century and applied to, for example, liquor, soft drinks, snack foods, and desserts, as in, “She loads up on empty calories like potato chips.” It is on its way to clichédom. See also: empty

Empty Calories

A unit of carbohydrate-based energy derived from refined food products that are high in sugars or salts, but essentially devoid of nutritive value, lacking protein, vitamins, dietary fiber, and essential fats. Empty calories are typical of ‘junk’ or snack foods
Examples Potato chips (crisps in the UK), pastries, cakes, soft drinks

单词	empty calories
释义	DictionarySeeempty calorie empty calories empty calories Calories from food that lacks actual nutritional value (often junk food). No wonder you're hungry again—you only ate empty calories earlier.See also: empty empty calories Food that has little or no nutritional value. For example, Snacking on beer and potato chips makes for a lot of empty calories. [1960s] See also: empty empty calories Food that has little or no nutritional value but adds to one’s caloric intake. This expression was born in the diet-conscious era of the late twentieth century and applied to, for example, liquor, soft drinks, snack foods, and desserts, as in, “She loads up on empty calories like potato chips.” It is on its way to clichédom. See also: empty Empty Calories A unit of carbohydrate-based energy derived from refined food products that are high in sugars or salts, but essentially devoid of nutritive value, lacking protein, vitamins, dietary fiber, and essential fats. Empty calories are typical of ‘junk’ or snack foods Examples Potato chips (crisps in the UK), pastries, cakes, soft drinks
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