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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Health, not weight loss, focused programmes versus conventional weight loss programmes for cardiovascular risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The prebiotic effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation: A six-week randomised intervention trial

Whole grain-rich diet reduces body weight and systemic low-grade inflammation without inducing major changes of the gut microbiome: a randomised cross-over trial

Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study

whole grain health

Dietary Fibre from Whole Grains and Their Benefits on Metabolic Health

Diet patterns and health span

Associations between dietary patterns and the incidence of total and fatal cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in 116,806 individuals from the UK Biobank: a prospective cohort study

Diet and CVD

Adherence to international dietary recommendations in association with all-cause mortality and fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease risk: a prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants

Fermented Soy_Longevity

Association of soy and fermented soy product intake with total and cause specific mortality: prospective cohort study

Omega 3_Heart Health

Omega-3 PUFAs improved endothelial function and arterial stiffness with a parallel antiinflammatory effect in adults with metabolic syndrome

Potassium

Oral potassium supplementation for management of essential hypertension: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Pumpkin Seeds_Heart Health

Antihypertensive and cardioprotective effects of pumpkin seed oil

Pumpkin Seeds_Hypertension

Antihypertensive and cardioprotective effects of pumpkin seed oil

Olive Oil and Metabolic Syndrome

Olive Polyphenols and the Metabolic Syndrome

Garlic

Garlic: a review of potential therapeutic effects

Spent Beer Grains_Botanical Blends

Brewer’s Spent Grain as a Functional Ingredient for Breadsticks

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