Just wanted to share some joy. Does anyone else here have the Vitamix blender? It's an amazing blender with a motor like a car engine, lol. It retails for something like $500 but I got mine for $300. It's amazing, especially for people that suffer from digestive problems, need more fruit/veggie intake, and/or can't have dairy. I don't mean to endorse the blender lol but I'm just happy. It's given me recipes for making my own rice milk, almond milk, cashew milk, sunflower seed milk, and more. I haven't tried the milks yet but I've been making other fresh concoctions everyday and it's profoundly helpful with increasing my fruit & veggie intake, and with staying regular.. Gareth, this blender experience made me think of you for some reason. I thought you'd be proud! lol. The recipes are very simple too (eg just add almonds & water & sweetener to taste, if desired). The benefit is just that the motor is so darn strong, it mixes up anything and makes liquid of it.
It's really great having access to something like that, and it pretty much mushes everything up (you can put in whole apples and it'd still crush it, seeds included, which they say actually adds to the health factor). You can also make spreads and butters e.g. almond butter which I've heard is really nice on toast. So far, this has helped me maintain smooth BMs because I can put in so much fruit that I wouldn't feel like eating raw otherwise because it's so cold out... E.g. today I made a pomegranate, apple, and orange juice. Sounds weird but tasted great. We've also made green smoothies which are super fissure friendly (and body friendly in every way). You just add greens, spinach being ideal, and whatever other fruit you want to make it sweet. I get kinda sick of smoothies but with this you can make so much more. Green smoothies are great because spinach encourages BMs for me and green leafy vegetables are so great anyhow.
Hopefully this new machine will help me along the way.
Just wanted to share my joy.