The way to boost calories is through fats. Vegetable fats: extra-virgin olive oil, flax seed oil, Essential Balance Oil, macadamia nuts, Brazil nuts, avocados. Dairy fats: butter, cream cheese, whipping cream; high fat, surface-ripened cheese (brie, Cambozola, Camembert, etc.) and the fat found in meats.

I prefer those of the vegetable and meat variety.

Thought I would do a little exercise and look at an “average” diet for one day.

Breakfast
1 cup Muslix with 1 % milk
Toasted Bagel with cream cheese
2 Coffee with 1% milk and 1 tsp. sugar

Mid morning Snack
1 bran muffin
1 Tbsp. butter
1 Coffee with 1% milk and 1 tsp. sugar

Lunch
Club Sandwich
Small French Fries
1 16 oz. Coke

Mid afternoon snack
1 chcolate covered granola bar
1 Coffee with 1% milk and 1 tsp. Sugar

Dinner
2 cups Pasta with meat sauce
2 cups Caesar Salad
2 slices bread
1 cup ice cream
1 beer

What’s the damage?

Calories: 3848
Fat: 140 grams
Carbs: 507 grams
Fiber: 36 grams
Protein: 131 grams
Alcohol: 13 grams

If you only ate half of that, it’s still 1924 calories. Many of us probably used to eat this in a day with out batting an eye. Food for thought?

Karen