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Ideas for swapping some foods to higher calorie alternatives.
Boost your energy and your health by eating more calories. Then, even if you only fancy a small amount of something, you'll be maximising your intake of energy and making every mouthful count.
Here are some ideas of switches you could make:
Table showing calories of some foods
| Swap | For | Calories gained | | --- | --- | --- | | Fat-free yoghurt | Full-fat creamy yoghurt | 69 | | Rich Tea biscuit | Shortbread finger | 60 | | Chocolate finger | Chocolate digestive | 55 | | 1oz low-fat spread | 1oz butter | 100 | | 1 pint skimmed milk | 1 pint full-fat milk | 175 | | Light crispbread x 1 | Oatcake x 1 | 35 | | 1oz steamed cod | 1oz cod in batter | 45 | | Bacon, 1 back rasher grilled | Bacon, 1 back rasher fried | 15 | | 1oz extra lean minced beef | 1oz minced beef | 40 | | One apple | One banana | 35 | | Tea with milk | Drinking chocolate made with a third of a pint of whole milk | 110 | | 1 oz cottage cheese | 1 oz cheddar | 94 | | 1 oz swede, boiled | 1 oz sweet potato, boiled | 21 | | 1 oz boiled potatoes | 1 oz roast potatoes | 22 | | 1oz chicken thigh, no skin | 1 oz chicken thigh, skin on | 11 |