The human gut acts as a second brain, producing hormones that govern key functions such as appetite, fat storage, immunity, mood, and stress management, making gut health central to overall well-being.

In a natural, healthy gut, the trillions of microbes, comprising thousands of species, create swarm intelligence, working together to provide a self-regulating system that supports a healthy body.

Without a diverse range of gut microbes, the body’s self-regulative system weakens, increasing vulnerability to chronic diseases prevalent in modern society.

But how can we change the species of microbes in our gut?

There is a rather unpleasant medical operation, called a faecal transplant, where we take the microbes of a skinny person and transfer them to a fat person, so that they will become skinny, and vice versa, 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.

We need a more viable option.

We know that we can change the microbes in our gut simply by the food we eat.

Plants naturally capture energy from the 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, they enter 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 a simple, magic, artificial pill rather than studying how natural systems work, despite the global epidemic of chronic diseases resulting from artificial, chemical, industrial agriculture, which is focused on profits rather than community health.

To me, this is just plain wrong, and it’s 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.

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