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Will,
Wow, this is definitely something worth the try-------for all of us with severe "C"!.
With IBS it almost makes me shudder to think of the instant cramps it would produce but if you say it doesn't, well, maybe it doesn't!!! Besides, the nutritional quality alone is worth it!
Ok, this begs the question.....how long can one continue to do this.......
on a continual basis, yes, no?
How many apples get juiced for one "dose"?
Since the skins are waxed on non-organic apples, should one wash that off with hot water first?
Capsule endoscope is exciting and I hope more GI's get on the bandwagon with them ASAP. Now, to find an viable alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy. From what I'm hearing virtual colonoscopy seems to be met with some resistance by the professionals.
Thanks again. We always enjoy reading your replies and solutions to problems.
(Granny Smiths and Costco here we come. They have those big, cheap sacks of apples that weigh about a gazillion pounds. Organic ones are hard to find off season.)
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Thanks for the info will, I will definetly look for a juicer. As for the capsule endoscopy, I hope it will be available where I am from soon, I will have to ask my doc during my next appointment.
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there is definitely something different with the fresh juiced green apples. Bottled apple juice will kill me within minutes. I can't even look at that stuff without cramping up. But Will's fresh Granny Smith juice is something else...and it took him years to convince me to even try it. I was just sure it would be instant pain, like bottled juice. But nope, no problems, not an empty stomach, not ever.
It takes 4 apples to make a glass of juice, and you can peel them first (or not). If you don't peel, scrub them really well first.
I was almost afraid to have Will post about this, because I know the thought of apple juice is horrifying. Why there is such a world of difference between the fresh juice and the bottled, I just don't know. But there sure is.... 
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Juicers
#40454 - 01/24/04 03:49 PM
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But you need a special kind of juicer, right? That's not the same as the thing that you use with oranges and lemons, holding and turning the rinds while the machine squeezes out the juice into the bottom?
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Re: Juicers
#40466 - 01/24/04 04:07 PM
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Yeah, you do. 
Alternative, if you have a local juice bar, is to get a glass there. They don't always have green apples, though.
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Re: Juicers
#40479 - 01/24/04 05:53 PM
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Heather, what about veggies? This was just brought up on another post, and it caused me to pause. If we bought a juicer and made Will's green apple juice, why not also make carrot juice with the juicer? Pineapple juice? Grape juice? BROCCOLI JUICE? (EW.)
I don't recall any posts about canned vegetable juice. Canned V8? Any good? X-rated? I don't usually drink those -- last time I had a V8, it was just before the flu hit me big time, and I spent the next 3 days sleeping with the toilet; haven't been able to touch the stuff since.
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Thanks so much for the thumbs up on this one!!! So you had to be the guinea pig to prove it worked, sans the attack? (Brave lady!)  Although I hate to admit it, I'm still almost nauseous over the thought. Juice of 12 apples a day? That's a bunch but that must be what it takes. (Oh my, the thought of cleaning the juicer 3 times in one day !  ) I have no problem with using Granny Smith. It used to be my favorite munching apple, before IBS.
Just call me "from Missouri" until I try it….. 
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Hi - It's amazing how many apples it takes to make just one glass of juice. If the apples are big, sometimes just 3 is enough. That is a lot of apples in one day if you're juicing a couple times daily, I know. Will buys the apples by the case in Chinatown where you can get beautiful produce for dirt cheap. 'Course, this is also Washington, the apple state, so that probably helps too.
And yes, cleaning that juicer is a pain!!
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Hi - If you have a good juicer, you can juice just about anything and everything. And it all seems to be really tolerable for IBS. There are some past posts on this if you want to search.
I'm not a veggie juice lover so I don't drink that, but you could certainly make carrot, celery, beet juice. Add some gingerroot if you like. Not sure how pineapples would juice as they're so stringy, and I'm also not sure about the acidity of that and IBS. I'd be careful there. Now, freshly juiced grapes would be interesting, because bottled grape juice is right up there with apple juice in sending people running to the bathroom. I honestly don't know if fresh grape juice would be as different as the fresh apple juice is.
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Is there a subsititute for apples. I think I'm allergic to apples but I'm not really sure because it's been a year since I had an apple. When I use to eat apples, I get an ibs attack but if the apple was baked like apple pie, I didnt get an attack. Should I risk it because back than I ate an apple on an empty stomach maybe thats why I use to get an attack.
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