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Discover Ludwig"empty calories" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe food that is high in calories yet provides little to no nutritional value, for example "Sodas and other sugary treats are filled with empty calories."
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empty calories
noun
Plural of empty calorie
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Empty calories".
Newt is empty calories.
"Empty calories," says Katz.
They are nothing more than empty calories.
Growling bellies, empty calories and missing veggies.
Right now there are some empty calories.
What's more, these are "empty" calories.
Once you've consumed its empty calories, expect a sickly aftertaste.
Endless empty calories, but the digital-social equivalent.
Such a sprawling buffet, so many empty calories.
It's the marketing equivalent of sugar — empty calories.
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