Next year ( 2024) I’ll be beginning the 2nd phase of research and there is another exciting project here at The Sourdough School which I hope will result in more case studies.
I will be starting the second phase of my Masters in Research I hope to have finished my PhD in Nutrition & digestion of Bread. This is research, in the form of dietary intervention studies, will contribute significantly to the growing discussion about how the Protocol of Baking as Lifestyle Medicine has a significant effect on microbial population, diversity and supporting a healthy gut micobiome, as well as a positive impact on mental health.
How does it work?
It is two parts. You get a home study pack delivered directly to your door, with everything you need in the pack and you follow the step by step online tutorials online.
Each group be asked to bake a specific delicious and nutritious sourdough bread at home for an allocated length of time and you will be the first to find out the results of your gut microbial analysis, any changes and the implications.
Why do we have to pay to participate?
This is still part of the way I teach and is still a course, and delivered in the same way as the ones we teach normally. This is just a very special course, that becomes part of a research study. The tests themselves are very expensive, although they are totally FREE to the participants, we feel that a mutual commitment is needed, and this is quite a commitment, involving baking and bread over several months.
- What is in it for me?
- You will learn to make a specific bread that will have all the techniques needed to make amazing sourdough and learn to bake as Lifestyle medicine
- You will have the results and feedback of your gut microbial composition and find out how it is affected by eating sourdough.
- You will be participating in research that will change the way we understand bread and the way we eat it on our health. It’s cutting edge research into one of our most important foods.
- We will share our knowledge in terms that can be understood by everyone.
Will I be named?
- Everyone’s results will be confidential and you will be given a number, rather than be identified by name. However you can enjoy participating in the discussion of the study on social media. It is not a secret, but we are obliged to keep individuals makes and results anonymous. You of course can share your participation – that is up to you.
- There are a limited number of places to participate in The Masters in Research course, and anticipate initially that each group with have between 20 – 30 participants.
- Each student will need to agree to give basic health details (weight, blood pressure, etc.) about themselves and send in samples regularly for a gut microbe analysis . The fruit project will be looking at comparing the gut microbiome before and after baking and eating sourdough.
If you’re interested in joining this course, please sign up to our newsletter as we will be sending out the opportunity to participate in this research next term. ( Autumn Winder 2024)
