Half of all United States citizens will be diagnosed with a mental illness within their lifetime, and chances are that their doctor will prescribe them a pharmaceutical to ‘treat’ the condition. Unfortunately, the antipsychotic or anti-depressant drugs that the doctor prescribe can ultimately lead to suicidal thoughts, type 2 diabetes, and an overall shortened lifespan – making it extremely important to know of ways to improve mental health without pharmaceuticals.

Improving gut health may be one of the most important ways to improve mental health. New research has shown that your mental health is actually influenced by gut health. The role of bacteria in your gut goes way beyond the stomach and intestines, majorly affecting the state of your brain. A disruption in natural gut bacteria can easily result in symptoms of mental illness, as research has shown using lab mice. Changes in the normal gut flora of the mice led to both behavioral and cognitive changes, making them less timid and more adventurous. Very similar to the symptoms of ADHD, where children start to misbehave seemingly-abruptly.

So how can you restore and maintain your gut health to ensure that you have optimum mental health and clarity?

4 Ways to Improve Mental Health and Clarity

1. Eliminate or severely limit sugar consumption

Inflammation is the most common cause of poor digestion and overall gut health. Sugar is a leading cause of inflammation, with the average American consuming 100 grams of sugar each day in the form of high-fructose corn syrup. Of course, 50% of high fructose corn syrup has also been found to contain toxic mercury, which will wreak havoc on your body. Sugar will also feed the yeast and bad bacteria in the intestinal tract, leading to an imbalance between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ forms of gut bacteria. When you have too much ‘bad’ bacteria, digestive conditions arise.

Limit your sugar consumption to 16 grams per day or less and watch your gut health drastically improve along with your mental health and clarity.

2. Eat probiotic rich foods or take a powerful probiotic supplement

Many people looking for ways to improve mental health often gloss over the ingestion of probiotics. In order to restore the balance of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ bacteria, you need to replenish your good bacteria through the intake of probiotics. This can be done through natural foods or high quality supplementation, though you may find that consuming such foods is a challenge. Fermented food items such as sauerkraut, tempeh, miso or kefir are all rich sources of probiotic bacteria. There are countless probiotic supplements out there, but most either contain toxic fillers or do not even reach the gut due to improper capsule production. I personally take and recommend Latero-Flora, it’s free of fillers and will make it through the stomach acid into the gut.

3. Chew your food

Not only does properly chewing your food lead to fat loss, but it can also help to preserve and restore your gut health. Chewing your food until it is nearly a liquid will allow your digestive system to work less, and won’t leave undigested pieces of food to float around your digestive tract. This is among the most simplest of ways to improve mental health.

4. Cleanse your colon

By age 40, the average person has an estimated 10 to 20 pounds of compacted fecal matter stuck in the intestinal tract. This is a result of undigested food buildup, mostly from dairy and meat products. Left to rot, the compacted matter often compromises the health of the colon, which severely hinders your ability to fight off disease. As a result, an unhealthy digestive system is often impacted with mucus, toxins, and unwanted waste. This can trigger conditions such as:

• Bloating
• Weight problems
• Mood swings
• Constipation
• Back Pain
• Headaches

The most effective way of eliminating this buildup is through cleansing the colon without the use of harsh laxatives. Many colon cleansers use extremely powerful laxatives to simply eliminate the contents of your stomach, but this does almost nothing. An oxygen-based colon cleanser is a very effective way to eliminate toxic buildup from your colon and subsequently restore gut health.

Before turning to harsh pharmaceuticals, test a few of these ways to improve mental health and clarity to see what works for you. Don’t forget to share your findings with others!

Oxy-Powder is an oxygen based intestinal cleanser (colon cleanser) created by Dr. Edward Group, founder of the Global Healing Center (GHC). There are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of colon cleansing products out there, each with their own claims. It’s a real challenge to find one that not only works, but doesn’t lead to side effects that are sometimes worse than the very health ailments you are attempting to remedy.

There are a lot of things that separate Oxy-Powder from other products, but one of the most important is that it is an oxygen based cleanser. This means that you will not develop a dependency on the product while using it, can use it freely after the initial cleanse as maintenance, and it will not cause digestive issues. Another question you will want to ask yourself is whether or not you really need to cleanse your colon.

The answer, quite simply, is yes. If you are like most citizens of the civilized world, then you are being exposed to thousands of toxic chemicals on a daily basis. Whether it be from your diet, the air you breathe, or the cream you put on your skin, your body is constantly being bombarded with potentially harmful substances. In addition to this chemical barrage, poor digestion and eating habits play a large role in the compilation of rotting matter in the colon. This is where cleansing comes in. By age 40, the average person has an estimated 10 to 20 pounds of hard compacted fecal matter lodged in their intestinal tract.

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Now that it has become apparent that most people need to perform a colon cleanse, it is important to discuss how it can be done most effectively. As mentioned before, the presence of oxygen in Oxy-Powder allows for a deep cleansing process to occur. Using a combination of ozone-oxygenated Magnesium, Organic Germanium-132 and Citric Acid, compacted fecal matter is turned into either liquid or gas, leading to extremely efficient (and painless) excretion. This means that the oxygen will actually be gently releasing the buildup, as opposed to other aggressive colon cleansers that rely on the brute force of harsh laxatives.

You can use Oxy-Powder one of two ways. The first, the 7-Day Oxygen Colon Cleanse, is the more moderate routine. You can expect some great results from this routine (I have personally tried it), but the 6-Day Advanced Oxygen Colon Cleanse is recommended to those who are really serious about restoring their colon health. Especially those who have performed a colon cleanse before. The advanced routine has a more extreme regimen, such as eating only fruit for the duration of the cleanse, but the results are much greater.

Oxy-Powder, from my personal experience and research (everyone is different so I often investigate the experiences of others as well for most products), is one of the best colon cleansing products on the market. You can pick up 60 capsules (plenty more than is needed for the 6 or 7 day cleanse for most people) for $24.95, or pick up the 120 capsule bottle for $44.95. I recommend this product for anyone interested in performing a gentle yet effective intestinal cleanse.

Product Score: 9/10

Bottom line: Oxy-Powder is a great colon cleanser, using oxygen in a gentle yet effective way to remove rotting waste from the intestines.

More information

• See the clinical trials performed on Oxy-Powder’s ability to treat constipation and IBS
• View the product label
• Visit the official Oxy-Powder page

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