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How to fix your relationship with bread by Dr Vanessa Kimbell

Long-form writing by Dr Vanessa Kimbell.

Vanessa is a fourth-generation, time-served baker. The daughter of an Italian chef, she trained in France, is a bestselling author, founded The Sourdough School over twenty years ago, and holds the world’s first doctorate in Baking as Lifestyle Medicine (BALM) and Preventative Health. She will teach you to use your bread as a delicious strategy to deliver fibre, diversity and nourishment as the foundation to health every day. Begin anywhere, and a single loaf will lead you into the soil it grew from, the farmer who grew it, the fermentation that transformed it, the gut and the genome it nourishes, and a way of baking that transforms how you bake, eat and share your bread. For in person courses, consultations and training in BALM visit The Sourdough School, or book a 1:1 meeting to get your bread personalised.

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Give someone a Sourdough Club Membership this Christmas £99 – 199.

This Christmas Sourdough Club Members will be in for a treat with these long slow-fermented Mince pies

Let Sourdough shape Christmas 2020…

July 2020 – Embargoed until 3rd September 2020

Most of us couldn’t have predicted by the end of this year more people than ever would be hooked on sourdough baking.  Many Brits have been locked down for months at home with time to nurture their sourdough starter.

The upside of social distancing is it gifted the time for people to fall in love with simple pleasures and give meaningful gifts to their friends and family at a difficult time. Many of us found comfort in 2020 through baking their own sourdough bread – many thousands of whom were newcomers – often to cheer up friends and family.

And it is this simple act of baking bread that nourishes The Sourdough Club can help everyone take forward into our collective ‘new normal’.

So, this Christmas let The Sourdough Club provide you with perfect presents for both newcomers to fermenting bread as well as the sourdough baking aficionados among your friends and family.

Founder of The Sourdough School and The Sourdough Club says: “This Christmas I believe people have connected to baking as a way of expressing love, happiness and fulfilment, and sourdough is more nourishing.” 

“This difficult year has meant many of us have had to simplify of lives and have realised the health benefits of slowing down. This time has given people the opportunity to bake for themselves and appreciate the benefits of baking your own sourdough bread. So, I think many people will appreciate Christmas presents that involve learning and go beyond just one-day. People are looking for both wellness and joining the Sourdough Club is about being part of a community about baking, sharing and nourishing the people we love.”

There are three vouchers available: a three-month subscription voucher at £99, a six-month subscription voucher at £159 or a year’s subscription voucher for £199.

  • For someone special why not upgrade for the ultimate experiential present – the chance to bake with Vanessa. This is formed with an online private one to one tutorial with Vanessa.

The 1:1 tuition pack comes with one-year club membership & 3 days of skype sessions at intervals as you bake with Vanessa. Once your sessions are complete as a club member, you can continue developing your skills with the regular recipes in the club. 

What better experience could you beloved baker ever dream of? £?

 

 

 

 

All reasonable care is taken when writing about health aspects of bread, but the information it contains is not intended to take the place of treatment by a qualified medical practitioner. You must seek professional advice if you are in any doubt about any medical condition. Any application of the ideas and information contained on this website is at the reader's sole discretion and risk.

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Todays live for diploma students will be on 'How t Todays live for diploma students will be on 'How to engage your patient in the lifestyle changes of the BALM' with @vanessakimbell 

In their 6pm live session, we help keep our students on track with the syllabus and discuss the application of Baking As Lifestyle Medicine to the 6 pillars of Lifestyle medicine, applying the research papers, application of the Research, and how this ties into prescribing, along with guest lecturers, discussions and sharing knowledge.

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BAKE, ANALYSE, EAT; RECALIBRATE & REPEAT. 📆 The S BAKE, ANALYSE, EAT; RECALIBRATE & REPEAT.

📆 The Sourdough School Clinic - Thursdays 8pm - for students of The Sourdough School 

✏️ In this weekly live session, we cover technical baking questions. Students can submit their Baking Record Sheets in advance of the session.

📋 We look at the details of our student's bakes - the specifics of the flour, timings and temperatures. Using our sourdough record sheets Vanessa will make suggestions on how they might modify, or recalibrate the next time they bake.

Follow the link in the bio to learn more about becoming a student at The Sourdough School 👆

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IBS AWARENESS MONTH Do you suffer from irritable IBS AWARENESS MONTH

Do you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)? It can be tough to deal with the uncomfortable symptoms of stomach cramps, constipation, diarrhoea and bloating. But did you know that making dietary changes, such as incorporating sourdough bread into your diet, could help alleviate some of those symptoms?

Studies have shown that sourdough's long, slow fermentation process can reduce IBS symptoms. Plus, during #ibsawarenessmonth, we're exploring how adding different herbs and spices to your sourdough can further improve both the flavour and the digestion of your bread.

Let's talk about gut health, fermentation, and how sourdough can be a delicious and healthy addition to your diet. Join the conversation and share your experiences with IBS and sourdough.

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THE SOURDOUGH SCHOOL – HAND CARVED WOODEN LAME On THE SOURDOUGH SCHOOL – HAND CARVED WOODEN LAME

One of the biggest issues around using a plastic lame to score sourdough, of course, is that eventually the blade will become blunt and the lame could end up in landfill.  So several years ago I talked to my dear friend EJ about developing a lame with a replaceable blade. And he came up with this very beautiful hand carved wooden lame.

Very sadly EJ is no longer with us. Recently a friend of EJ’s who is also a wood turner and carver offered to make these again for us in remembrance of our dear friend.

Follow the link in the bio to our shop where you can find our full selection of wooden sourdough tools 👆

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The Baking As Lifestyle Medicine (BALM) Protocol The Baking As Lifestyle Medicine (BALM) Protocol

The current food system is broken at multiple levels, from the pesticides used in our soils to the emulsifiers and additives adulterating industrially-processed foods. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the bread we eat.  The figures reported by the UK Flour Millers say that bread is bought by a staggering “99.8% of British households” and that “the equivalent of nearly 11 million loaves are sold each day. Approximately 60-70% of the bread we eat is white and sandwiches are thought to account for 50% of overall bread consumption. Average bread purchases are the equivalent of 60.3 loaves per person per year.” 

Most bread sold is made by modern processing methods that strip heart-healthy whole grains of their nutrient contents, resulting in low-fibre bread with a high glycemic index. Over time, white processed bread can increase a person’s risk of insulin resistance alongside other lifestyle diseases.

We’re on a mission to revolutionise the bread making process at every level – from soil to slice. The rules governing this are laid out in our Baking As Lifestyle Medicine protocol. 

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