The Gbiota Project
The Gbiota project is about one simple idea: growing food in biologically active soil to improve our gut biology, restore essential nutrients,…
The Gbiota Club
Why changing how we grow food may be the key to changing our gut biology — and our health. This is an…
Growers wanted
Growers wanted At this moment Gbiota is used by a pretty determined bunch who are prepared to the bother of making their own Gbiota beds and boxes. However, it is...
Creating change
Every machine has a control system, even if it is a simple on /off switch. The human body is no different except our control system in incredibly sophisticated and to...
Survival
I like to know what is going on in the world so I am a bit of an avid news watcher but when I see all the horror that is...
Why we need to change
Humans are an intelligent, innovative and naturally cooperative creature. Our very first innovation was when a ferocious beast was eyeing us up for it’s dinner but we found that if...
Our choice
We live in the Anthropocene which is just a flash way of saying that we now have the technology to choose how we live and die. We all have to...
Food waste
‘I will just give these to the chickens.’ How can such a simple phrase lead to a major rethink of how we stay fit and healthy. You see I was...
People over profits
We know that the dominant cause of sickness and death in 1900 was infections disease and now it is non infectious diseases like diabetes, heart attacks strokes and dementia. The...
Real and fantasy
Gbiota is not simply about growing plants. We breed a wide spectrum of microbes in a growing medium calledGbiotamix and then grow plants so the microbes are packaged in the...
Invite to medical research
Excess storage of fat was largely blamed on our modern diet which could, it was optimistically thought, simply be resolved by diet, particularly the restriction of calories. The harsh reality...
Lamborghini and our gut
A dumb drunken driver in control of a Lamborghini is a dangerous combination. Our gut brain is the controller for our appetite. A gut biome which send out hormones to...
The Wickimix story
Chop my foot off – no way My wife Xiulan is a medical doctor, a gynaecologist and surgeon, so I was a bit surprised when she was diagnosed as diabetic....
Feed your brains
Our health span is set by our intelligent control system, our gut and head brains and these must be fed real food which is genuinely fresh before the beneficial microbes...
Unks and Ununks
John is still claiming that the modern supermarket food system is providing a reliable and abundant food supply with hygienic and energy packed food from all over the world regardless...
Upgraded beds Introduction
The world is changing at an incredible rate, climate change, the virus and the polarisation of the political system are immense problems, new technologies like artificial intelligence may seem beneficial...
Welcome
Look at the news – fires, floods, draughts, refugees, political extremes, deliberate misinformation, the world is changing really fast – all sounds terrible so what to do? The biggest problem...
The food crisis
In the real world we all have to eat – and getting enough of the right sort of food that will keep us healthy is an issue. We know how...
The side hustle
It seems there are many people who understand the importance of gut health and how the trillions of cells made up from thousands of species talk to each other to...
Our gut
Right now you are successfully breeding beneficial microbes in your gut. That is good because most people want to live a long life, be strong, fit and healthy and avoid...
Our gut brain
The aim of the Gbiota club is to improve gut health by breeding beneficial microbes in a special soil, called Wickimix, to grow plants which act as natural pre and...
What is the Gbiota project
What is the Gbiota project? The Gbiota project is to enhance our gut microbiome by eating plants grown in a medium (Wickimix) where beneficial microbes that enhance our gut biome...
What is it all about
Energy food It varies a bit from person to person but about 80%, certainly the bulk, of the food we eat is just burned off as fuel for energy or...
The story of our guts
Our gut brain, made up from trillions of cells and thousands of species, which communicate with each other and has real intelligence is one of the truly amazing systems on...
Better gut health
Is it feasible that a couple of $8 plastic boxes could contribute to the worlds biggest health issue – excess fat in our bodies which lead to multiple health problems...
Health starts in the soil
For many years now I have been promoting the importance of gut biology and how we can simply and cheaply improve our gut biology by growing plants in soils teaming...
Overview
Grow gut brain food in living soil and restore genuine food health. Half the western population is suffering from some chronic or…
Diabetes trial
Join the diabetes trial
Health span
We are living longer – our life span is increasing, but our health span – how long we stay fit and active is decreasing – why? The answer lies in...
Trench beds
Wicking beds can be modified to breed the beneficial biota in the soil, which enters the plants then our gut brain using the plants as natural pre and pro biotics...
The W’s
I started to write this as a welcome message for people joining the Gbiota social movement but it got a bit off track, but I had fun writing it and...
The Plan
Here is a plan of how we can make healthy gut brain food readily accessable for all the community.
Crazy world
Has the world gone crazy? Wars, food shortages, floods and droughts, prices through the roof, epidemics, the internet – one of the most important innovations of our era has sunk...
Key Points
Key points When I am creating a project I find it useful to make a list of the key points. I have done this with the Gbiota project but I...
No dumb donkeys
We live in the digital age where we seems to expect that any problems can be solve by a few minutes search on the internet. If you think this is...
About Gbiota
The Gbiota Community An online community where groups can chat, exchange information – particularly on preferred plant species which are suited to the locality and season. You can share information...
elowyn
Well, it is pretty simple. This is my great-granddaughter Elowen. She has no idea what gut biota is, but she knows instinctively…
Join the Gbiota Club
I believe everyone in our affluent world should have access to healthy food at an affordable price, specifically nutrient-dense food that improves…
Changing the food system
In my life time the worlds population has increased three fold (actually 3.47) and they all those mouths have to be fed. We have seen the massive increase in agricultural...
Community Supported Agriculture
The Gbiota club is a community-supported agriculture movement where growers and eaters work together to restore soil health, support our gut biology,…
Gbiota Videos
This video library covers the core ideas behind Gbiota—how microbes shape soil, plants, appetite, energy, and long-term health. These short explanations help…
News flash 30 Oct 20
News flash for Gbiota club members When the virus has gone, as it surely will, the world will be a very different place. People will understand that the best protection...
Alernative food
Nutrition must be one of the most controversial, topics on the planet. Go on line and an ocean of confusing and contradicting views fuelled by inscrutable scientific data, dogma powered...
Creating an Alternative Food System
Nutrition is among the most controversial, opinionated yet critical topics on the planet. We are suffering from an epidemic of diabetes, obesity with it’s associated heart attacks and dementia which...
Nundah cafe
Your meal should feed more than your taste buds—it should also nourish the trillions of cells in your gut that quietly look…
Gbiota club home
The aim of the Gbiota club is to make Gbiota food readily and widely available at an affordable price. Gbiota food is essential to feed our gut biology which forms...
About the Gbiota Club
When you join the Gbiota club you get a stronger gut, immune and hormonal system by eating real food grown in nutrient rich biologically active soil. We are a social...
Pioneer
Colin Austin, recognised as among Australia’s top innovators, is using the internet to fight the diabesity epidemic with Gbiota food.
The Gbiota Movement
I want my grandchildren to live in a society where everyone, regardless of their financial state, have access to food which will make them healthy. It is simply not a...
Micro farms
I get angry about the way a few wealthy people manipulate the truth for their benefit leading to health and climate catastrophes. But not Auntie Maud, if she were alive...
Gbiota Retreats for Reversing Type 2 Diabetes
A Gbiota retreat is a practical, education-first program that helps people with Type 2 diabetes reduce blood sugar and improve insulin sensitivity…