For starters, here’s the skinny on avocados. One regular avocado (one that can comfortably fit in your hand, or about 201 grams) contains 322 calories. Of those 322 calories, 265 come from fat. People, that’s 29.5 grams of fat. And that’s 45% of your suggested daily value on a 2000-calorie diet. Frightened yet? Don’t be so.

While some may argue that eating an avocado is equivalent to eating a bag of Cheetos (which would amount to 320 calories total, 180 calories from fat and 20 grams of fat), you’ll have to keep in mind that some also argue that eating a fried things is far healthier than eating a serving of brown rice, simply because the former contains less carbohydrates.

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