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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Western Herbal Medicines in the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Effectiveness of Anise Oil for Treatment of Mild to Moderate Depression in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized Active and Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

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Pilot Study: Comparison of Sourdough Wheat Bread and Yeast-Fermented Wheat Bread in Individuals with Wheat Sensitivity and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Effect of fibre, antispasmodics, and peppermint oil in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Potential prebiotics and their transmission mechanisms: Recent approaches

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The Bidirectional Interactions between Resveratrol and Gut Microbiota: An Insight into Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapy

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

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Beneficial Effect of Intestinal Fermentation of Natural Polysaccharides

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Randomised clinical trial: low-FODMAP rye bread vs. regular rye bread to relieve the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome

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Health benefits of fermented foods: microbiota and beyond

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Targeting the Microbiota, from Irritable Bowel Syndrome to Mood Disorders: Focus on Probiotics and Prebiotics

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Effect of Breadmaking Process on In Vitro Gut Microbiota Parameters in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

IBS and the gut micro biome

Diet-induced dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiota and the effects on immunity and disease

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Diet as a trigger for Inflammation Bowel Disease

SCFA and IBS

Microbiota metabolite short chain fatty acids, GPCR, and inflammatory bowel disease

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