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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A critical review on the impacts of Beta-glucans on gut microbiota and human health

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Use of sourdough lactobacilli and oat fibre to decrease the glycaemic index of white wheat bread

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Impact of whole grains on the gut microbiota: the next frontier for oats?

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Different Oat Ingredients Stimulate Specific Microbial Metabolites in the Gut Microbiome of Three Human Individuals in Vitro

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Beta-Glucans Improve Growth, Viability and Colonization of Probiotic Microorganisms

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Balancing Herbal Medicine and Functional Food for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiometabolic Diseases through Modulating Gut Microbiota

beta glucan and diabetes

Effects of breakfast cereals containing various amounts of beta-glucan fibers on plasma glucose and insulin responses in NIDDM subjects

Oat polyphenols

Dietary Polyphenols, Inflammation, and Cancer

Beta glucans and obesity

Beta Glucan: Health benefits in obesity and metabolic syndrome

oats beta glucans reduces glucose and insulin levels

Muesli with 4 g oat beta-glucans lowers glucose and insulin responses after a bread meal in healthy subjects

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