sourdough gut health

Sourdough Bread and Gut Health: What the Research Actually Shows (From a Baker Who Read It)

· June 23, 2026
Sourdough Bread and Gut Health: What the Research Actually Shows (From a Baker Who Read It)

Sourdough bread does not hand your gut a dose of living probiotics — the oven wipes out nearly all of that bacterial activity before the crust even cools. I know that runs against everything the wellness corners of the internet love to repeat, and I believed it too, right up until my sister-in-law casually mentioned … Read more

Sourdough for Gut Health: How the Probiotics and Prebiotics in Real Bread Support Your Microbiome

· January 17, 2026
Sourdough for Gut Health: How the Probiotics and Prebiotics in Real Bread Support Your Microbiome

Nearly every home baker I know treats sourdough like a probiotic you can slice — the working theory being that all those live cultures bubbling away in your starter survive the oven and march straight into your gut. That assumption falls apart under any real scrutiny, and figuring out why turned into one of the … Read more