The human gut is a second brain that produces hormones that regulate our bodies, specifically our appetite, where and how much fat we store, our immune system, and even our mood and ability to manage stress.

If we change the species of microbes in our gut, we change how it works. By a rather unpleasant medical operation, called a faecal transplant, we can take the microbes of a skinny person and transfer them to a fat person, and they may become skinny. Conversely, we can make skinny people fat.

The wrong fat in the wrong place is at the core of the modern epidemic of chronic diseases: fat in the abdomen, the pancreas, blood vessels, and even the brain.

This matters. Over half the population suffers from some chronic disease, and three out of four people die from a chronic disease. It is among the major medical problems, but faecal transplants are not a practical solution.

But we also know that we can change the microbes in our gut by the food we eat. Plants naturally capture energy from sunlight and carbon from the atmosphere to make sugars, which they exude from their roots to attract and feed beneficial microbes.

The species of microbes can be controlled by the types of plants grown and the conditions in the soil, specifically food, water, and air. These microbes enter the plants and, if we eat them while fresh, our gut.

This is a simple and inexpensive way of changing the microbes in our gut by understanding how natural systems work.

A few minutes on Google Scholar searching for "how to change gut microbes" and "how to change soil microbes" will provide numerous independent scientific studies that confirm the basic science of how natural systems work.

But it seems that most people are looking for some simple, magic, artificial pill rather than studying how natural systems work, despite the global epidemic of chronic diseases being the result of artificial, chemical, industrial agriculture, which is focused on profits rather than community health.

To me, this is just plain wrong, and it is why I formed the Gbiota Club, where people can share expertise with others who prioritise community health over profits and natural over synthetic systems.

I suggest you watch these two videos. The first is short and gives an overview of the technology. Watch here. The second is longer and looks at the social issues. Watch here.

Should you decide to join the Gbiota Club and look for science-based but natural solutions, we welcome you on board.