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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Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them

Whole grain consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all cause and cause specific mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

weight loss

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

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

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

Olive Oil and Metabolic Syndrome

Olive Polyphenols and the Metabolic Syndrome

Nudging children towards whole wheat bread: a field experiment on the influence of fun bread roll shape on breakfast consumption

Black Kidney Beans_Botanical Blends

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

Blue Corn_Botanical Blends

Blue Maize Extract Improves Blood Pressure, Lipid Profiles, and Adipose Tissue in High-Sucrose Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome in Rats

Pumpkin polysaccharide modifies the gut microbiota during alleviation of type 2 diabetes in rats

Acute Effects of Three Cooked Non-Cereal Starchy Foods on Postprandial Glycemic Responses and in Vitro Carbohydrate Digestion in Comparison with Whole Grains: A Randomized Trial

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