, biscuits and desserts provide 19 per cent of our fat intake, along with dairy foods (15 per cent), soups and sauces (3 per cent), chocolate and fudge (3 per cent), oily fruits like olives (1 per cent), meat products (24 per cent), spreads such as butter

– this will prevent the fat from being reabsorbed into the meat.2. Skim the fat off gravy and sauces. Gravy is particularly high in fat, containing around 10 grams per serving. The best way is to prepare it a few hours before you need it and refrigerate it. The fat

cereal 151Cheese 146Crackers 127Biscuits 120Bananas 118Chips 116Bread, white 100Muesli 100Ice cream 96Potato crisps 91Peanuts 84Chocolate 70Doughnut 68Cake 65Croissant 47*Approx. 240-calorie portion

're not getting enough omega-3s," says Leslie Bonci, one of the authors of Total Fitness for Women."What do we athletes do instead? We go straight for anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen. What we should be doing is aiming for 1,000g to 2,000mg of omega-3 a day

and think about it. If weight loss were really that easy, everyone would be as skinny as a supermodel. The fact is that it’s not that easy.Over several weeks, researchers fed laboratory mice a high-fat diet that was 10 to 15 percent chitosan by weight

store, and you’re bound to come across a staggering array of supplements that claim to speed your metabolism and shed unwanted fat.Many of these products contain a Chinese herb called ma huang, also called ephedra, or a synthetic version called ephedrine

. Here he takes your through six power foods to help fight the fat.Picture credit: tomaikens.co.uk

ingredients, although salted butters typically have 1.5 to 2 per cent salt added. Butter lovers defend their favourite spread by saying that it is natural and contains no additives – and how no margarine or dairy spread has yet managed to emulate its creamy

-buster is great for motivation. I always start my runs with a walk until I feel mentally prepared to pick up the pace, and if I don't feel like it, I just walk and enjoy it for what it is." 2. FAT IS YOUR FRIEND "Certain 'diet' foods backfire because they leave

than their sedentary, but skinny, peers.We asked two experts to, ahem, weigh in. Glenn Gaesser, director of the Healthy Lifestyles Research Centre at Arizona State University, US, says you can be fit and fat. Amy Weinstein, an assistant professor