The Sourdough School

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BAKING WITH THE HANDS OF AN ARTISAN AND THE MIND OF A CLINICIAN

Transform your health and wellbeing through your everyday bread. Run from the walled gardens of Dr Vanessa Kimbell's beautiful Victorian home in rural Northamptonshire, we run workshops, retreats and an in depth online Diploma in Baking as Lifetyle Medicine. Book in for a chat today

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Vitamins in the BALM Protocol

Grains and legumes are rich in B vitamins, such as thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and folate, along with essential nutrients like vitamin E in grains and vitamin K in legumes. It provides essential nutrients such as B vitamins, fibre, minerals, and antioxidants. But more than this, the way you eat bread, whether as a sandwich, toast, flatbread, or even croutons in a salad or soup, offers the opportunity to nourish.  So, whilst the grains and botanical blends used in our bread provide essential vitamins, and the protocol emphasises a comprehensive approach to nutrition, this goes beyond simply teaching individuals to bake bread; BALM fosters baking, eating, and sharing culture, where bread serves as a central conduit for nourishment and connection.

The Role of Vitamins

Vitamins are crucial organic compounds that play vital roles in numerous physiological processes. They support immune function, metabolism, and cellular repair, contributing to overall health and vitality. By incorporating diversity, fibre, fermentation, high levels of polyphenols, and chemical-free foods as a concept that goes beyond bread, BALM encourages a balanced diet. The bread facilitates behavioural change beyond just baking, which supports physical and mental health through optimal nourishment.

Richard Hart holding Sourdough starter

Increased Bioavailability of B Vitamins

Vitamin B12 – Cobalamin

eggs

Vitamin B7 – Biotin

Vitamin B5 – Pantothenic Acid

Vitamin B3 Niacin

Vitamin B6 – Pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine

Vitamin B2 – Thiamine

Vitamin B1

Vitamin E and Bread

Vitamin B9 – Folate

Honey Mascarpone Tartines with Blood Orange

Vitamin C

Vitamin K

Vitamin D

Fresh carrots for sale at a farmers market

Vitamin A

B-Mad! B Vitamin lecture by Venetia Mitchell

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