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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Preventive and Therapeutic Role of Functional Ingredients of Barley Grass for Chronic Diseases in Human Beings

Black Kidney Beans_Botanical Blends

White and dark kidney beans reduce colonic mucosal damage and inflammation in response to dextran sodium sulfate

Seweed Lettuce_Botanical Blends

Evaluation of the antidepressant and anxiolytic like effects of a hydrophilic extract from the green seaweed Ulva sp. in rats

Acacia Berry_Botanical Blends

Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) and juçara (Euterpe edulis Mart.) juices improved HDL-c levels and antioxidant defense of healthy adults in a 4-week randomized cross-over study

Aronia_Botanical Blends

Aronia-citrus juice (polyphenol-rich juice) intake and elite triathlon training: a lipidomic approach using representative oxylipins in urine

A Phenolic Glycoside from Moringa oleifera Lam. Improves the Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolisms through AMPK in db/db Mice

Citrus Fruit & Flavonoids

Citrus fruits and their flavonoids in inflammatory bowel disease an overview

Peas_Botanical Blends

Review of the health benefits of peas (Pisum sativum L.)

Hemp_Red Ferment Polyphenols

Effects of Vegetable Proteins on Hypercholesterolemia and Gut Microbiota Modulation

Potential beneficial effects of butyrate in intestinal and extraintestinal diseases

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Green tea: potential health benefits

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Interactions of black tea polyphenols with human gut microbiota: implications for gut and cardiovascular health

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Balancing Herbal Medicine and Functional Food for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiometabolic Diseases through Modulating Gut Microbiota

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