Including fat in the food improves the taste, but the downside is that it is going to make the person fatter. Fat contains nine calories per gram, while protein and carbohydrates both contain four calories per gram. In fact, it means that smaller amounts of food high in fat contain got more calories than larger amounts of food with less fat. If the person want to stay within his diet and prevent himself from losing weight, it is advisable to eat foods low in fat as much as possible, saving fatty foods for festive occasions. Eating low fat foods allows a person to eat more and get the exact amount of calories, helping the person feel full and prevents hunger cravings that can lead to cheating on their diet.

A good way to minimize the amount of dietary fat gets eaten; the person should do most of their cooking at home. Whenever a person cooks at home, they have full control of what goes into their food and the method in which it is cooked. Low-fat cookbooks are a good way to be healthy as it contains information on how to cook with little added fats; many traditional cookbooks care little for the nutritional content of their foods and excess vegetable oils, butter, and cream in their recipes. It is possible to cook great-tasting food with less fat. If a person needs to add fat to a dish, it is best to use a heart-healthy vegetable oil that includes olive oil high in monounsaturated fat, as opposed to butter that is high in saturated fat. Eating monounsaturated fat lowers cholesterol, as a person eats saturated fat, their cholesterol also rises. It is a nifty idea to keep in mind that olive oil is still entirely fat, and is going to add a large amount of calories to the food, so it should still be incorporated in the food that we eat thinly.

Though people do not have the same degree of control over what they eat whenever they eat outside compared to cooking at home, they should still be aware of their dietary choices. Whenever eating outside, try to stay away from fried foods and creamy sauces, both include loads of fat and calories. Sometimes, the nutritional information is available so that the person could make some choices.

Because of the recent popularity of low carbohydrate diets, many nutritionists had been quick in vilifying the concept of eating a low-fat diet, which points to the sharp rise in obesity, occurring when eating a low-fat diet was popular and low-fat varieties of snack foods lined supermarket shelves. A lot of manufacturers of low-fat foods have added extra sugars to them to make them more toothsome.