What is “empty calories”?

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Since calorie is a measure of energy, so what does it mean when, for example, alcohol, having “empty calories”? What kind of energy is being measured here?

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Mostly meant to describe food that is high in sugar or fat but doesn’t offer any vitamins and minerals or has no protein.

So candy or certain things high in oil that is very calorie dense but doesn’t offer protein or vitamin/minerals with the calories.

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