• Foods containing trans fats, such as pastries and cakes, should be avoided.easter cakes and eggs image by Igor Zhorov from Fotolia.com
  
  Fats are a necessary part of your diet but consuming too much of the wrong fats can be harmful to your health. Monounsaturated fats, such as olive oil or canola oil, and polyunsaturated fats found in salmon and fish oil are the healthier choices of fats. All fats are high in calories; some should be limited, others completely avoided, according to MayoClinic.com.
  
  

Saturated Fats

• Foods such as butter, cream, red meats and dairy foods made with whole milk often contain high amounts of saturated fats. Your intake of saturated fats should be no more than 7 percent of your total daily calories, according to the American Heart Association. Saturated fat also is found in items such as coconut, coconut oil, palm oil and cocoa butter. Consuming too much saturated fat can raise blood cholesterol levels and lead to heart disease, heart attack and stroke.
  
  

Trans Fats

• Stay away from foods that say "partially hydrogenated" in the list of ingredients. Packaged foods, such as cake mixes and any other powder mixes frequently contain trans fats. Ramen noodles, doughnuts, pastries, frozen pies, pot pies, waffles, pizzas and even breaded fish sticks often contain trans fats, according to the University of Pennsylvania Office of Health Education. Eliminate trans fats from your diet or consume no more than two grams of trans fats a day. Trans fats raise your LDL, or bad cholesterol, levels and lower protective HDL, or good cholesterol, levels. Trans fats can also increase the tendency for blood clots to form inside blood vessels, according to Harvard Health Publications.
  
  

Visible Fat

• Excess fat on meats and poultry should be trimmed off and any skin should be removed. Eat meats with less than 10 percent fat to reduce the amount of saturated fat consumed, according to MayoClinic.com.