The Sourdough School

BALM – Proven as one of the healthiest approaches to bread in the world.

Based in the walled gardens of Dr. Vanessa Kimbell's beautiful Victorian home in rural Northamptonshire, UK, we tutor individuals and train bakers and healthcare professionals in Baking as Lifestyle Medicine (BALM). Personalising bread to your lifestyle, gut microbiome, and unique genetics for optimal health—tailoring fermentation, fibre, and diversity so that your daily bread becomes the foundation of your health.

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Dr Will Bulsiewicz

Dr Will Bulsiewicz

Dr Will Bulsiewicz (or “Dr. B”) is an award winning gastroenterologist, internationally recognised gut health expert and the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and Indie Bound-bestselling author of Fiber Fueled and The Fiber Fueled Cookbook.

With a passion for plants and helping people, he sits on the Scientific Advisory Board and is the U.S. Medical Director of ZOE, has authored more than twenty articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, has given more than forty presentations at national meetings, presented to Congress and the USDA, and has taught over 10,000 students how to heal and optimise their gut health.

He completed a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University, a medical degree from Georgetown University, and a master’s in clinical investigation from Northwestern University. Dr. B was the chief medical resident at Northwestern and the chief gastroenterology fellow at The University of North Carolina, and received the highest award given by both his residency and fellowship. He completed an epidemiology fellowship on a grant from the National Institutes of Health at UNC’s prestigious Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Dr Will Bulsiewicz is a guest lecturer here at The Sourdough School for our Prescribing Baking as Lifestyle Medicine (BALM) Diploma and his lectures include topics such as fibre and histamine intolerance:

Histamine Intolerance

An Introduction to Fibre

He lives in Charleston, South Carolina with his wife and children. You’ll find him on Instagram as @theguthealthmd , on Facebook as @theguthealthmd , and at his website theplantfedgut.com

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