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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Blue Corn_Botanical Blends

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

Sweet Potato_Botanical Blends

Promotion of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Increased Vitamin A Intakes and Reduced the Odds of Low Retinol-Binding Protein among Postpartum Kenyan Women

Seweed Lettuce_Botanical Blends

Evaluation of the antidepressant and anxiolytic like effects of a hydrophilic extract from the green seaweed Ulva sp. in rats

A Phenolic Glycoside from Moringa oleifera Lam. Improves the Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolisms through AMPK in db/db Mice

Black-eyed Pea and Gut Health

Additional Common Bean in the Diet of Malawian Children Does Not Affect Linear Growth, but Reduces Intestinal Permeability

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

citrus peel, waste free

Citrus peel as a source of functional ingredient: a review

Peas_Botanical Blends

Review of the health benefits of peas (Pisum sativum L.)

Sources of Dietary Fiber Are Differently Associated with Prevalence of Depression

Acacia Gum_Blends

Acacia Gum is a Bifidogenic Dietary Fibre with High Digestive Tolerance in Healthy Humans

Dulse Seaweed_Blends

An in-vitro investigation into the prebiotic potential of xylan derived from the edible red seaweed Palmaria palmata

Chickpea_Blends

Effects of a-Galactooligosaccharides from Chickpeas on High-Fat-Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome in Mice

Baobab_Red Ferment Polyphenol

White bread enriched with polyphenol extracts shows no effect on glycemic response or satiety, yet may increase postprandial insulin economy in healthy participants

Hemp_Red Ferment Polyphenols

Effects of Vegetable Proteins on Hypercholesterolemia and Gut Microbiota Modulation

Millet_Red Ferment Polyphenol

Health benefits of finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) polyphenols and dietary fiber: a review

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