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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Feeding with Sustainably Sourdough Bread Has the Potential to Promote the Healthy Microbiota Metabolism at the Colon Level

Immune health from in utero

Probiotics modulate host-microbe interaction in the placenta and fetal gut: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Plant Based Diet

Diet influences the functions of the human intestinal microbiome

Fibre_Gut Microbiome

The gut microbiome in feast and famine

Gut Microbiome_2020

The gut microbiome: what every gastroenterologist needs to know

Chilli Pepper_Weight Loss

Could capsaicinoids help to support weight management? A systematic review and meta-analysis of energy intake data

Fermented Soy_Longevity

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

Postbiotic_LGG

Protective Role of Postbiotic Mediators Secreted by Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Versus Lipopolysaccharide-induced Damage in Human Colonic Smooth Muscle Cells

Postbiotics_Food Safety

Postbiotics produced by lactic acid bacteria: The next frontier in food safety

Postbiotics LAB

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

Postbiotic

Postbiotic L. plantarum RG14 improves ruminal epithelium growth, immune status and upregulates the intestinal barrier function in post-weaning lambs

LGG Postbiotic

A Novel Postbiotic From Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG With a Beneficial Effect on Intestinal Barrier Function

Postbiotics

Inhibitory activity of postbiotic produced by strains of Lactobacillus plantarum using reconstituted media supplemented with inulin

Strain Specific LGG

Towards a better understanding of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG – host interactions

Prebiotic Inulin

Prebiotic inulin-type fructans induce specific changes in the human gut microbiota

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