Cheese: Cheese is rich in calcium and helps you burn calories. Of coursework, I am not speaking about cheeses such as cheddar that are loaded with fat, but low fat cheeses. The calcium contained in cheese improves the body's ability to burn calories and fat, while lack of calcium causes the release of the hormone calcitriol, which causes further storage of fat in the body.Moreover, researchers from the University of Tennessee, claim that a diet that contains 300-400 grams of calcium every day can make you lose more weight, compared to a diet that contains the same calories, but is poor in calcium.