"Empty calories."

What they are really saying: "My worldview requires me to think that this is the worst thing I can possibly say about sugar."

"I only use honey, because it's natural and wholesome."

What they are really saying: "I'm too dumb to look up honey on NutritionData.com where I would find out that it's virtually chemically identical to Sucrose and High Fructose Corn Syrup."

"I don't use artificial sweeteners because they are unnatural."

What they are really saying: "I pump myself full of synthetic hormones on a daily basis to thwart my body's most natural processes. I'm also oblivious to the fact that almost all the medicines that cure almost all the diseases in the world are unnatural."