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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Dietary acrylamide and cancer risk: An updated meta-analysis

Diet and colorectal cancer in UK Biobank: a prospective study

Diet and colorectal cancer in UK Biobank: a prospective study

Whole Grains, Refined Grains, and Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies

Whole Grains, Refined Grains, and Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies

Dietary fibre, whole grains, and risk of colorectal cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

Dietary fibre, whole grains, and risk of colorectal cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

Association of whole grains intake and the risk of digestive tract cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Association of whole grains intake and the risk of digestive tract cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Whole grain consumption and risk of colorectal cancer: a population-based cohort of 60?000 women

Whole grain consumption and risk of colorectal cancer: a population-based cohort of 60,000 women

Evolutionary perspective on dietary intake of fibre and colorectal cancer

Evolutionary perspective on dietary intake of fibre and colorectal cancer

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Postbiotic metabolites produced by Lactobacillus plantarum strains exert selective cytotoxicity effects on cancer cells

Lycopene and Risk of Prostate Cancer

Garlic

Garlic: a review of potential therapeutic effects

Potential beneficial effects of butyrate in intestinal and extraintestinal diseases

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Resistant Starch: Promise for Improving Human Health

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Resistant starch and “the butyrate revolution”

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Effects of fructo-oligosaccharides ingestion on fecal bifidobacteria and selected metabolic indexes of colon carcinogenesis in healthy humans

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A critical review on the impacts of Beta-glucans on gut microbiota and human health

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