Empty carbs

[lovellcute]

What foods are people referring to when they say 'empty carbs'
Curious as I see the phrase used quite a lot on here but have no idea what it means haha


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[ksmom]

Sweets, soda, basically junk with no nutritional value.

[EnglishDame]

White carbs like white pasta, white rice and white bread too.

[lovellcute]

But I thought bread and pasta has quite a lot of protein in?


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[atomic sagebrush]

There is a sliding scale on empty carbs - some have no nutrients, others have small amounts, others have a fair bit, but you're still not eating a very healthy dinner, is the whole point. They may fortify pasta with iron and it does have a small amount of protein but it's still an empty carb compared to whole grain noodles with bolognese, for example.