Bad vs good calories

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  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,072 Member
    dwilliamca wrote: »
    "Good" foods contain micronutrients whereas most junk foods do not.
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    Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals. Most "junk foods" are made from grains, nuts, cocoa, sugar, and vegetable fats (I'm thinking of candy, chocolates, chips in the U.S. sense; commercial baked goods). Most of those things are reasonably good source of one micronutrient or another. Even refined sugar has trace amounts of some minerals, and vegetable oils have vitamins E and K.

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