What are empty calories and why are they a problem?
Empty calories have little to no nutritional value. A good example is high-test soda pop. It’s loaded with sugar and not much else: no vitamins, no minerals, no protein, just sugar. And these empty calories can add up fast. One driver told us he drank 4 1-liter bottles of soda pop daily. That’s 11,000 calories each week, almost three pounds of weight with no benefit to the body’s operation.
