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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Re-discovering ancient wheat varieties as functional foods

Re-discovering ancient wheat varieties as functional foods

Spelt nutrition

Characteristics of spelt wheat products and nutritional value of spelt wheat-based bread

khorasan wheat and the gut micro biome

Impact of Kamut® Khorasan on gut microbiota and metabolome in healthy volunteers

wheat and bacterial strains

Prebiotic effect of soluble fibres from modern and old durum-type wheat varieties on Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium strains

kamut and health benefits

Characterisation of Khorasan wheat (Kamut) and impact of a replacement diet on cardiovascular risk factors: cross-over dietary intervention study

Khorasan and anti inflammation

Role of Kamut® brand khorasan wheat in the counteraction of non-celiac wheat sensitivity and oxidative damage

khorasan and type 2 diabetes

A khorasan wheat-based replacement diet improves risk profile of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM): a randomized crossover trial

Wheat and implication in celiacs disease

Mapping of gluten T-cell epitopes in the bread wheat ancestors: Implications for celiac disease

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