High sugar intake equals lots of empty calories, right? Wrong.

The general perception is that a diet high in sugar equals a diet full of empty calories. And it makes sense, the thinking being that since sugar has little to no nutrients then eating it must replace other foods that would have provided valuable nutrition. But a new study (one of those "studies that studied studies" -- say that ten times fast) suggests that foods high in sugar don't always come at the expense of more nutritional choices. In some cases, a high sugar diet even went hand-in-hand with a greater intake of essential nutrients. Who woulda thought?