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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Effects of Consumption of Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) and a Rooibos-Derived Commercial Supplement on Hepatic Tissue Injury by tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide in Wistar Rats

The Role of the Gut Microbiota in the Metabolism of Polyphenols as Characterized by Gnotobiotic Mice

The Role of the Gut Microbiota in the Metabolism of Polyphenols as Characterized by Gnotobiotic Mice

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Ferulic Acid: A Hope for Alzheimer’s Disease Therapy from Plants

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Acute effects of coffee consumption on self-reported gastrointestinal symptoms, blood pressure and stress indices in healthy individuals

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Association between mental health status and bone mineral density: Analysis of the 2008-2010 Korea national health and nutrition examination survey

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Microbial lysate upregulates host oxytocin

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Investigating the role of perceived stress on bacterial flora activity and salivary cortisol secretion: A possible mechanism underlying susceptibility to illness

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Prebiotic intake reduces the waking cortisol response and alters emotional bias in healthy volunteers

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Psychobiotics: A Novel Class of Psychotropic

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Regulation of the stress response by the gut microbiota: Implications for psychoneuroendocrinology

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