Fatty food substances are very high in calories and while fat will always be needed for the normal functioning of your body, it is good to keep an eye on the intake of fatty calories. Fat contains twice as many calories as protein or carbohydrates. Unsaturated fats in particularly olive oil, vegetable oil, sunflower oil, and so on are extremely high in calories. Some fish such as salmon, trout and herring are also very high in calories. Some nuts and soya beans as well as avocados are also high calorie food sources – peanuts for example contain very high calorie levels.

Saturated fats or better still solid fats are even higher in calories than their unsaturated counterparts. Animal products like fat meat, cheese, butter, cream and whole cream milk among others are known to carry very high amounts of calories which are notorious for causing infamous coronary heart diseases.

Animal fats and foods such as meat, chicken and egg yolk contain cholesterol which is a substance highly fatty and full of calories. High cholesterol in your body increases the risk of getting heart diseases by building up and congesting your arteries.

Sodas, sport and energy drinks as well other sugary/sweetened drinks and beverages consist of a very high number of calories that do not add any nutritional value to your body. Other high calorie foods to watch for include seasoned, processed and commercially prepared food as most of these are prepared using ingredients from palm and coconut oil/butter. Such foods include snacks, cookies, cakes and so on.

Fruit juice, vegetable juice and food substances low in sodium have very little calories. Other food substances that contain low amount of calories but are extremely nutritious are lettuce, lean meat, soft margarine and so on. All of these have very little saturated fat and calories.