Empty calories, the Glossary
In human nutrition, empty calories are those calories found in foods and beverages (including alcohol) composed primarily or solely of calorie-rich macronutrients such as sugars and fats, but little or no micronutrients, fibre, or protein.[1]
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Added sugar
Added sugars or free sugars are sugar carbohydrates (caloric sweeteners) added to food and beverages at some point before their consumption.
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Alcoholic liver disease
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD), also called alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD), is a term that encompasses the liver manifestations of alcohol overconsumption, including fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and chronic hepatitis with liver fibrosis or cirrhosis.
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Annales de chimie et de physique
Annales de chimie et de physique (French for Annals of Chemistry and Physics) is a scientific journal founded in Paris, France, in 1789 under the title Annales de chimie.
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Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the rate of energy expenditure per unit time by endothermic animals at rest.
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Beer
Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grains—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used.
Cake
Cake is a flour confection made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients and is usually baked.
Calorie
The calorie is a unit of energy that originated from the caloric theory of heat.
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Candy
Candy, alternatively called sweets or lollies, is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient.
Confectionery
Confectionery is the art of making confections, or sweet foods.
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Convenience food
Convenience food (also called tertiary processed food) is food that is commercially prepared (often through processing) for ease of consumption, and is usually ready to eat without further preparation.
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Cookie
A cookie (American English) or biscuit (British English) is a baked snack or dessert that is typically small, flat, and sweet.
Cooking oil
Cooking oil (also known as edible oil) is a plant or animal liquid fat used in frying, baking, and other types of cooking.
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Cyanocobalamin
Cyanocobalamin is a form of 12 used to treat and prevent 12 deficiency except in the presence of cyanide toxicity.
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Deep frying
Deep frying (also referred to as deep fat frying) is a cooking method in which food is submerged in hot fat, traditionally lard but today most commonly oil, as opposed to the shallow frying used in conventional frying done in a frying pan.
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Dietary fiber
Dietary fiber (fibre in Commonwealth English) or roughage is the portion of plant-derived food that cannot be completely broken down by human digestive enzymes. Empty calories and Dietary fiber are nutrition.
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Dieting
Dieting is the practice of eating food in a regulated way to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight, or to prevent and treat diseases such as diabetes and obesity.
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Dietitian
A dietitian, medical dietitian, or dietician is an expert in identifying and treating disease-related malnutrition and in conducting medical nutrition therapy, for example designing an enteral tube feeding regimen or mitigating the effects of cancer cachexia.
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Dog
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf.
Energy expenditure
Energy expenditure, often estimated as the total daily energy expenditure (TDEE), is the amount of energy burned by the human body.
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Exercise
Exercise is physical activity that enhances or maintains fitness and overall health.
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Fat
In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.
Folate
Folate, also known as vitamin B9 and folacin, is one of the B vitamins.
François Magendie
François Magendie (6 October 1783 – 7 October 1855) was a French physiologist, considered a pioneer of experimental physiology.
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Frozen dessert
Frozen dessert is a dessert made by freezing liquids, semi-solids, and sometimes solids.
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Healthy diet
A healthy diet is a diet that maintains or improves overall health.
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High-fructose corn syrup
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), also known as glucose–fructose, isoglucose and glucose–fructose syrup, is a sweetener made from corn starch.
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Human nutrition
Human nutrition deals with the provision of essential nutrients in food that are necessary to support human life and good health. Empty calories and human nutrition are nutrition.
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Ice cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert typically made from milk or cream that has been flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit, such as strawberries or peaches.
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Junk food
"Junk food" is a term used to describe food that is high in calories from macronutrients such as sugar and/or fat, and possibly sodium, making it hyperpalatable, but with insufficient dietary fiber, protein, or micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals.
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Liquor
Liquor or distilled beverage is an alcoholic drink produced by the distillation of grains, fruits, vegetables, or sugar that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation.
Magnesium in biology
Magnesium is an essential element in biological systems.
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Margarine
Margarine (also) is a spread used for flavoring, baking, and cooking.
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Micronutrient
Micronutrients are essential dietary elements required by organisms in varying quantities to regulate physiological functions of cells and organs. Empty calories and Micronutrient are nutrition.
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Milkshake
A milkshake (sometimes simply called a shake) is a sweet beverage made by blending milk, ice cream, and flavorings or sweeteners such as butterscotch, caramel sauce, chocolate syrup, or fruit syrup into a thick, sweet, cold mixture.
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Natural food
Natural food and all-natural food are terms in food labeling and marketing with several definitions, often implying foods that are not manufactured by processing.
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Nutrient
A nutrient is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow and reproduce. Empty calories and nutrient are nutrition.
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Nutrient density
Nutrient density identifies the amount of beneficial nutrients in a food product in proportion to e.g. energy content, weight or amount of perceived detrimental nutrients. Empty calories and nutrient density are nutrition.
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Potato chip
A potato chip (NAmE and AuE; often just chip) or crisp (BrE and IrE) is a thin slice of potato (or a thin deposit of potato paste) that has been deep fried, baked, or air fried until crunchy.
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Protein (nutrient)
Proteins are essential nutrients for the human body.
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Sarcopenia
Sarcopenia (ICD-10 code M62.84) is a type of muscle loss that occurs with aging and/or immobility.
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Sedentary lifestyle
Sedentary lifestyle is a lifestyle type, in which one is physically inactive and does little or no physical movement and/or exercise.
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Selenium in biology
Selenium is an essential micronutrient for animals, though it is toxic in large doses. Empty calories and Selenium in biology are nutrition.
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Shortening
Shortening is any fat that is a solid at room temperature and is used to make crumbly pastry and other food products.
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Soft drink
A soft drink (see § Terminology for other names) is any water-based flavored drink, usually but not necessarily carbonated, and typically including added sweetener.
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Sugar
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.
Thiamine
Thiamine, also known as thiamin and vitamin B1, is a vitamin, an essential micronutrient for humans and animals.
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Trans fat
Trans fat, also called trans-unsaturated fatty acids, or trans fatty acids, is a type of unsaturated fat that occurs in foods. Empty calories and trans fat are nutrition.
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Vitamin A
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, hence an essential nutrient.
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Vitamin C
Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate) is a water-soluble vitamin found in citrus and other fruits, berries and vegetables.
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Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, and for many other biological effects.
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Vitamin E
Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols.
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Wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented fruit.
Zinc
Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_calories
Also known as Empty calorie, Empty calory.