What you’ll learn: The four types of fat, and what they do for you Saturated fatsMonounsaturated fatsPolyunsaturated fatsTrans fats What foods are good fat sourcesA sample meal plan with a healthy balance of fat

When I was in graduate school, I was working 3 teaching positions, running a clinical study, fulfilling my research data collection and analysis, studying for a “Qualifying Exam,” which would basically determine whether I became a PhD candidate or not, AND on top of that, training intensively for a ½ marathon. The post How does the Gut Microbiome really affect our health? appeared first on Ample.

This is the first of two blog posts about the flaws of the FDA dietary recommendations and why we chose not to play “the FDA Label Game” while crafting Ample.