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Do calories from hard liquor add just as much caloric energy/fat as calories from other sources? What are" empty calories" so many people refer to?
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Calories are calories, the number does not change. What changes is what the food contains. (for eg. Banana and buttered bread have same amount of calories but having different compositions, banana is easier to digest) empty calories are solid fats,-sugar and oil. They are empty calories, they are heavy and fattening. Calories from alcohol are empty calories with no nutritional value.
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