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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Bioactive Compounds and Health-Promoting Properties of Berry Fruits: A Review

SCFA and gut health

Gut Fermentation of Dietary Fibres: Physico-Chemistry of Plant Cell Walls and Implications for Health

wheat bran health benefits

Wheat bran: its composition and benefits to health, a European perspective

polyphenols and gut microbiome review

Dietary Polyphenols and Human Gut Microbiota: a Review

Emulsifiers and the gut microbiota

Dietary emulsifiers directly alter human microbiota composition and gene expression ex vivo potentiating intestinal inflammation

health benefits of fermented beverages

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

kvass composition

Microbial and chemical analysis of a kvass fermentation

khorasan wheat and the gut micro biome

Impact of Kamut® Khorasan on gut microbiota and metabolome in healthy volunteers

wheat and bacterial strains

Prebiotic effect of soluble fibres from modern and old durum-type wheat varieties on Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium strains

Khorasan and anti inflammation

Role of Kamut® brand khorasan wheat in the counteraction of non-celiac wheat sensitivity and oxidative damage

Glyphosate and health

Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases

bread crumb and Gut health

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

The gut micro biome

A dynamic partnership : Celebrating our gut flora

Rye bread and effect on CVD

Effects of whole grain rye, with and without resistant starch type 2 supplementation, on glucose tolerance, gut hormones, inflammation and appetite regulation in an 11–14.5 hour perspective; a randomized controlled study in healthy subjects

Diet and gut micro biome

The impact of the gut microbiota on human health: an integrative review

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