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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When you first begin baking there is a lot of knowledge about baking, but as you get your rhythm, and you start to get into the groove it is lovely to learn more whilst you bake.  This is where you can find the conversations with friends, colleagues and our team members about the science, the passion, the knowledge.

In these webinars, you can listen to some of the world's leading experts – wheat growers, millers, artisan bakers, nutritionists, neuroscientists, GPs, gut health experts and farmers – discussing bread, diet, lifestyle, the gut microbiome, physical health, mental health and everything in between.

This is about understanding. It is applied knowledge. This is priceless. You don't need to sit and watch  - just hit play and listen whist you bake.

 

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The relationship between the gut microbiome, health and food by Tim Spector & the ZOE team

Miguel Toribio-Mateas

In Conversation: Gut Microbe Genera & Prebiotics with Miguel Toribio-Mateas

miguel festive eating

Miguel Toribio-Mateas discusses festive eating and gut health with Vanessa Kimbell

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Dr Elisabeth Philipps discusses healthy eating at Christmas with Vanessa Kimbell

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Dr Alex Davidson talks to Vanessa Kimbell about festive eating that nourishes

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Pauline Beaumont talks to Vanessa Kimbell about mental health and baking

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Professor Rob Dunn discusses Bread & Body with Vanessa Kimbell

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Dr Elisabeth Philipps talks to Vanessa Kimbell about Diabetes, Blood Sugar Management & Mood

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Miguel Toribio-Mateas talks to Vanessa Kimbell about Diabetes, Blood Sugar Management & Mood

In Conversation: Vitamin E in Wholegrain with Venetia Mitchell

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Nicky Giusto of Central Milling talks to Vanessa Kimbell about American grains

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Miguel Toribio-Mateas talks to Vanessa Kimbell about Sourdough, the Gut Microbiome & Mental Health

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GP Dr Alex Davidson discussing Sourdough Bread, The Gut Microbiome & Mental Health with Vanessa Kimbell

Dr Alex Davidson in-house GP

In Conversation: Diabetes & Blood Sugar Management with Dr Alex Davidson

Everything starts with the soil – a review by Andrew Wilkinson PhD

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