https://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/diet-tips/most-deceiving-foods-they-have-more-calories-you-think lists many OK foods that cost too much calorie

• cheese? many articles say it’s OK
• nuts? many articles say it’s OK since it’s fairly “natural”
• starch? many articles say it’s OK
• meat? many articles say it’s OK
• potato salads? many articles say it’s OK since it’s fairly “natural”
• visible fat? Some people (i didn’t say “articles”) say it’s OK

I think what’s not “OK” — by convention wisdom — are the highly processed foods. The more automated more mass-produced, the more negative media coverage it attracts. I think this can become rather irrational.

Convention wisdom is fickle and often turns out to be fad. To the weight-watcher, I think we need to be careful not to blindly follow the media coverage. Those “OK” foods can often increase your weight.