{"id":35798,"date":"2020-08-10T07:28:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T07:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=35798"},"modified":"2023-03-30T06:16:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T06:16:01","slug":"empty-calories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/empty-calories\/","title":{"rendered":"Empty calories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Empty-calories.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-35799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Empty-calories-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>A term used to denote food contributing calories that are void of nutrients, protein, vitamins, and minerals, i.e., alcohol, sugar, fat.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Foods containing only calories but no significant amounts of other nutrients.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Calories that provide very little if any nutritional value with the exception of providing calories found in simple sugars.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A term used to denote food contributing calories that are void of nutrients, protein, vitamins, and minerals, i.e., alcohol, sugar, fat. 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