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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Influence of diet on the gut microbiome and implications for human health

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Dysbiosis of gut microbiota in promoting the development of colorectal cancer

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Beneficial Effect of Intestinal Fermentation of Natural Polysaccharides

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Germinated grains – Sources of bioactive compounds

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Meta-analyses of lignans and enterolignans in relation to breast cancer risk

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ESPEN guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients

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Evidence that hydrogen sulfide is a genotoxic agent

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Formation of propionate and butyrate by the human colonic microbiota

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Cancer: Impact of Nutrition Intervention Outcome – Nutrition Issues for Patients

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Active Components and Clinical Applications of Olive Oil

EINKORN

Nutritional properties of einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum L.)

health benefits of fermented beverages

Fermented beverages with health-promoting potential: Past and future perspectives

health benefits of kefir

Milk kefir: nutritional, microbiological and health benefits

bread crumb and Gut health

The gastro?intestinal tract as the major site of biological action of dietary melanoidins

Oat polyphenols

Dietary Polyphenols, Inflammation, and Cancer

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