Colin argues that diabetes is not caused by genetics or fate, but by a modern food system that overwhelms our intelligent control system — our “head brain”, our “gut brain”, and the trillions of microbes that run our internal fuel management.
The Real Problem Behind the Diabetes Explosion
Fifty years ago, type 2 diabetes was rare. Today it affects hundreds of millions of people and continues to rise at around 4% per year. Something drastic has changed — and it isn’t human biology. Our bodies are the result of millions of years of evolution. They haven’t suddenly failed.
What has changed is our food. Modern industrial-chemical farming produces food high in energy (sugar, fats, refined carbs) and low in minerals, vitamins, phytonutrients and microbes. Our control system senses this lack of micronutrients and interprets it as hunger, even when we are full — creating overeating, fat storage, and ultimately diabetes.
People aren’t getting diabetic because they ate too much — they’re getting diabetic because their control system has been screwed up by modern food.
The tragedy is that medicine often treats the symptom — high blood sugar — instead of the root cause. Drugs that increase insulin may lower sugar in the short term, but they also lock people into lifelong diabetes. Yet we now know diabetes can be reversed with food.
The Old Paradigm vs the New Paradigm
Colin describes the failed old paradigm like this:
- Old paradigm: “You’re diabetic because you eat too much. Eat less. Take insulin.”
- Result: People store more fat, become more insulin resistant, and diabetes gets worse.
The new paradigm looks at the body’s intelligent control system:
- Your brain + gut + microbiome are constantly managing fuel flow.
- If they sense “food insecurity”, they lock fat away and refuse to release it.
- This is why people often regain weight after diets — the system simply resists.
Diabetes is not a calorie problem — it is a control-system problem.
Why Modern Food Breaks Our Control System
Modern food stresses our internal system in three ways:
- Too much fast energy — sugar, refined carbs, seed oils.
- Too few micronutrients — minerals, vitamins, phytonutrients.
- Disrupted gut biology — pesticides, antibiotics and sterile soil reduce microbial diversity.
Our bodies cannot identify which nutrient is missing — they just send a powerful “eat” signal. In a world full of cheap, fast-acting food, that signal becomes destructive. We store more fat, then the “ferocious guard dog” (Colin’s metaphor for the defensive side of the system) refuses to let that fat back out.
Why Some People Become Diabetic and Others Don’t
Colin explains that genetics alone cannot explain the rise. Instead, it’s a combination of:
- Fat-storage capacity — some people can store huge amounts of fat before becoming insulin resistant.
- Epigenetics — environment can affect how genes express across generations.
- Gut microbiome differences — some people have biology that protects them, others don’t.
But the key point is this: the sudden global surge of diabetes is man-made. It is not an evolutionary flaw.
The Puppy and the Guard Dog
Colin uses one of his most memorable metaphors to explain why diabetes is so hard to reverse:
- Your internal control system starts as a smart little puppy.
- When you experience food stress (real or imagined), the puppy grows into a ferocious guard dog.
- The guard dog refuses to release stored fat — even when you’re dieting.
This is why dieting alone rarely works. The system must be retrained, not starved.
Reversing Diabetes: The Practical Path
Diabetes reversal requires burning off the excess fuel stored in cells so they can become insulin sensitive again. Thousands of people worldwide have done this through different dietary approaches: low-carb, low-fat, plant-based, intermittent fasting and more.
What they all have in common is not the specific diet, but the fact that they reduce stored fuel and retrain the control system.
The long-term solution, however, goes deeper — rebuilding gut biology and eating nutrient-rich food grown in living soil.
Why the Gbiota Project Matters
Colin founded the Gbiota project because reversing diabetes for one person at a time is not enough. We need to change the way food is produced. This means:
- Growing food in biologically rich soil.
- Restoring gut microbes through living plants.
- Providing micronutrients that industrial farming has stripped away.
- Supporting community growers and home gardeners.
Gbiota beds allow people to grow refurbishment food — food that feeds the microbiome and restores the body’s intelligent control system.
Making the Paradigm Shift
Change won’t come from governments, pharma or the food industry. It will come from citizens who see the need for change, reverse their diabetes, and share what worked.
The Gbiota club exists to help people support each other, grow meaningful food, run personal trials and build a community-led revolution in health.
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