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Have a look at the links embedded in my post that you quoted. Those are articles published in scientific/academic journals that use the term "empty calories". Those articles are written by …

It's routinely used in the health care and nutritional fields. For example: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871092/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24200654 https://mchb.hrsa.gov/ch…

It might be surprising, but for the average person who goes to prison, most of those factors are better in prison than outside - mainly because most people who go to prison aren't leading particularl…

No. When doctors, etc. say something is just "empty calories" they mean it has calories but little or no other food value - or at least, not that most people can't get just as easily from s…

Good suggestions! You might also consider adding exercise on your dessert days, to give yourself some extra discretionary calories.