📄️ Exploration of bread making
A bit of science behind bread
📄️ The Science of Sourdough and Creating a Sourdough Starter
Sourdough bread is prepared from a mixture of flour and water, fermented with a lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and wild yiests (otherwise called a "starter"). It differs from regular yeast bread by the nutritional profile, prolonged shelf-life, and improved flavour and texture.1
📄️ Gluten intolerance
Bread is subjectively the best thing to exist on Earth. Do you agree? Well about 5-10% of you will not agree. This is because gluten intolerance is a fairly prevalent allergy. Celiac disease is the name given to a gluten intolerance, which is diagnosed in about 1% of people wordwide. People with this disease experience vomiting, bloating, abdominal pain, numbness in the hands and feet among many other symptoms, in response to gluten ingestion. Why does this occur?