Good gut-bugs create hormones that control appetite naturally – no pills. You can grow the good gut-bugs at home in containers, Gbiota baskets – even if you live in an apartment with no garden and no growing experience. You grow plants which lead to a healthy gut-biome. You change your gut biota by diet – eating plants grown in soil teeming with beneficial microbes and eaten shortly after picking while fresh. We show you how.
Some people appear to be naturally skinny while others appear to be naturally overweight. This is because of the gut bugs which send out hormones which control appetite. You can’t fight the hormones but you can change your gut bugs by eating plants grown in soil where the beneficial microbes breed, but you must eat them fresh as microbes have a short life so you need to eat them shortly after picking.
That is why you need to grow the plants at home – just pick and eat.
Our gut has trillions of cells which communicate with each other to provide intelligence. It works with our head brain to form the intelligent control system which regulates our bodies – this is our gut-brain.
If our gut-brain senses any deficiencies in our diet it will send out hormones to make us hungry. This is in our subconscious and we have no control over this.
We may try and restrict the amount of food we eat but it is very difficult to overcome those hormones for any length of time – that is why it is so hard to avoid becoming overweight and sick.
In our modern diet, we are very unlikely to have a deficiency in energy food which comes from sugars and fats.
The deficiencies that our gut-brain may detect are deficiencies in trace minerals or vitamins, deficiencies in food to feed the gut-brain, but by far the most common and important is deficiencies of species in the gut.
We show people how to feed their gut-brain.
Why our gut-brain matters
This is important because our gut has trillions of microbes of thousands of species which can communicate with each other to create genuine intelligence.
It works with our head brain to form the intelligent control system which regulates our bodies, particularly our appetite – how much and what we want to eat.
We don’t overeat and get fat and sick because we are little piggies, we get fat and sick because our gut-brain senses deficiencies in our diet and creates hormones that make us overeat.
Having a fully functioning gut-brain is the difference between enjoying a long health span and falling prey to the modern epidemic of chronic diseases – obesity, diabetes, heart attacks and dementia.
How it works
Wickimix
It starts with a special soil we call Wickimix. Like all good soils it has an open structure full of essential nutrients – N, P, K – but also minerals we are generally short of: calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, selenium, iodine, chromium, vanadium, etc.
What makes Wickimix different is that it is full of the natural creatures of the soil – recyclers such as worms, beetles, larvae, nematodes and fungi – plus a high loading of organic waste for them to feed on.
Wickimix is at the heart of the Gbiota process and requires knowledge and skill. It can be done by an experienced gardener, but for most people it is best left to trained commercial growers.
Soil blood
These creatures of the soil have guts, like us, and they exude a complex array of gut microbes into the soil which helps to form soil blood – the potent combination of water, nutrients and microbes which circulates in the soil to feed the plants.
The plants feed on soil blood so the microbes enter the plants which we eat to enhance our gut biota.
This has been the norm since life first appeared on Earth. It stopped around fifty years ago with the adoption of modern chemical industrial food systems.
Dynamic equilibrium
Microbes breed rapidly but have a short life. To benefit from eating plants loaded with beneficial microbes, they must be eaten fresh.
The most practical way is to grow plants at home so they can be picked and eaten immediately – even in an apartment using the Gbiota box and basket system.
The Gbiota box and basket system
The creatures of the soil that provide beneficial gut microbes need organic waste to feed on.
Organic waste – kitchen scraps, grass clippings, coffee grounds – is collected and placed in the base of the Gbiota box, with the growing basket placed on top.
The basket has holes allowing soil creatures to move freely between waste and growing zones.
Soil blood must be aerated to remain active. This is done through regular flooding and flushing using a swivel tube system that expels stale air and draws in fresh oxygen.
The drained soil blood, rich in nutrients and microbes, is collected and reused.
Growing your own gut microbes is not for everyone, but you are welcome to email me here to discuss whether it is right for you.
Our Intelligent Control System
Our gut-brain comprises trillions of cells which communicate to create swarm intelligence that regulates our bodies. When satisfied, it releases hormones that make us feel full. GLP-1 is the hormone used in drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Saxenda. Our bodies naturally produce it when properly fed. Ultra-processed modern diets deprive the gut-brain of what it needs, so natural GLP-1 production is suppressed and overeating continues.
This underlies the modern epidemic of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and dementia. The solution is not drugs, but feeding the gut-brain the way nature intended.
That is what Gbiota gut-brain food is all about.
