<span>"Food borne infection is caused by the ingestion of food containing live bacteria which grow and establish themselves in the human intestinal tract. Food borne intoxication is caused by ingesting food containing toxins formed by bacteria which resulted from the bacterial growth in the food item."</span>
This is false, because they do provide calories (actually a lot), but do not have nutritional value. They are "empty" in nutrients, hence the name "empty calories."
