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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BALM Protocol: A Proactive Approach to Bowel Cancer Prevention for Your Patients

A week in Tuscany FAQ’s

How the BALM Protocol Mirrors Blue Zones’ Longevity Secrets

Our Graduates open an Artisan Bakery at Bethlam Royal Hospital: BALM – pioneering Nutritional Psychiatry with Pizza in the NHS

Insanity is throwing away the most healthful part of the flour and pushing our planet towards catastrophic climate change.

BALM Starts with the soil – Soil is Not Dirt

Grow your own pea shoots

Baking as Lifestyle Medicine: turning shopping into functional movement and a social event to gather ingredients and shop healthily

histamine intolerance

Can I eat bread with a histamine intolerance?

sourdough bread and IBS

Can you really eat bread if you have IBS?

About Baking as Lifestyle Medicine (BALM)

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What is Baking as Lifestyle Medicine and why apply this to the way we bake?

Encourage healthy eating (particularly the adoption of a whole food, plant-based diet)

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