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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Gluten-Free Casein-Free Diet for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Can It Be Effective in Solving Behavioural and Gastrointestinal Problems?

Gluten and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Influence of baking conditions and precursor supplementation on the amounts of the antioxidant pronyl-L-lysine in bakery products

Influence of baking conditions and precursor supplementation on the amounts of the antioxidant pronyl-L-lysine in bakery products

Cultivated einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum L. subsp. monococcum)

Cultivated einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum L. subsp. monococcum): the long life of a founder crop of agriculture

Organic_Spelt_Quality

Differences in Processing Quality Traits, Protein Content and Composition between Spelt and Bread Wheat Genotypes Grown under Conventional and Organic Production

Spent Beer Grains_Botanical Blends

Brewer’s Spent Grain as a Functional Ingredient for Breadsticks

Black-eyed Pea and Gut Health

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

Peas_Botanical Blends

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

Red Lentils_Red Ferment Polyphenols

Polyphenol-Rich Lentils and Their Health Promoting Effects

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Pilot Study: Comparison of Sourdough Wheat Bread and Yeast-Fermented Wheat Bread in Individuals with Wheat Sensitivity and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Fermentation in the human large intestine and the available substrates

Spelt nutrition

Characteristics of spelt wheat products and nutritional value of spelt wheat-based bread

Wheat and bread making process

Wheat flour constituents: how they impact bread quality, and how to impact their functionality

Organic flour and sourdough

How organic farming of wheat may affect the sourdough and the nutritional and technological features of leavened goods

Sourdough wheat germ

Use of sourdough fermentation and non-wheat flours for enhancing nutritional and healthy properties of wheat-based foods

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