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The Sourdough School

DIVERSITY BREAD® || PERSONALISED BREAD || BAKING AS LIFESTYLE MEDICINE

Bake With The Hands Of An Artisan And The Mind Of A Clinician

Set within the walled gardens of Dr Vanessa Kimbell’s beautiful Victorian home in rural Northamptonshire, The Sourdough School is home to the Proven Bread Programme, teaching the art and science of nutrition, the gut microbiome and fermentation in bread. We train bakers to produce Diversity Bread® and healthcare professionals to personalise bread through Baking as Lifestyle Medicine. Arrange a conversation today.

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  • About
    • About The Sourdough School
    • Priority Access: Join the Waiting List
    • Contact Us & FAQ
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    • Training Bakers & Healthcare Professionals
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    • A Social Enterprise
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    • The Diploma – January 2027
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  • What is Proven?
    • Baking as Lifestyle Medicine (BALM)
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Weight Management

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

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

The prebiotic effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation: A six-week randomised intervention trial

Association of the Gut Microbiota with Weight-Loss Response within a Retail Weight-Management Program

RCT Rye Weight Loss & Inflammation

A hypocaloric diet rich in high fiber rye foods causes greater reduction in body weight and body fat than a diet rich in refined wheat: A parallel randomized controlled trial in adults with overweight and obesity (the RyeWeight study)

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

Cinnamon

The Effect of Different Amounts of Cinnamon Consumption on Blood Glucose in Healthy Adult Individuals

Olive Oil and Metabolic Syndrome

Olive Polyphenols and the Metabolic Syndrome

Red Onion Skin_Red Ferment Polyphenols

Effects of a quercetin-rich onion skin extract on 24 h ambulatory blood pressure and endothelial function in overweight-to-obese patients with (pre-)hypertension: a randomised double-blinded placebo-controlled cross-over trial

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Next-Generation Beneficial Microbes: The Case of Akkermansia muciniphila

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

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Central obesity is associated with lower intake of whole-grain bread and less frequent breakfast and lunch: results from the HUNT study, an adult all-population survey

Effect of High Beta-Glucan Barley on Serum Cholesterol Concentrations and Visceral Fat Area in Japanese Men—A Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial

Prebiotic Effect of Lycopene and Dark Chocolate on Gut Microbiome with Systemic Changes in Liver Metabolism, Skeletal Muscles and Skin in Moderately Obese Persons

Potential beneficial effects of butyrate in intestinal and extraintestinal diseases

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Potential Role for the Gut Microbiota in Modulating Host Circadian Rhythms and Metabolic Health

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Resistant Starch: Promise for Improving Human Health

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Human genetics shape the gut microbiome

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The Effects of Intact Cereal Grain Fibers, Including Wheat Bran on the Gut Microbiota Composition of Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review

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Milk and dairy products: good or bad for human health? An assessment of the totality of scientific evidence

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Green tea: potential health benefits

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

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