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I Ate 1 Apple Every Day For 2 Weeks and This Is What Happened (in the Bathroom)!

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The woman behind me at the checkout said, "Like bananas much?" I smiled as I unloaded the three bunches from my cart. "My family is like a barrel of monkeys!" That was a lie. Really, I was the banana-loving monkey. I never miss my one banana a day - OK, sometimes two. I can't resist when they are just the right amount of speckly sweetness (my fellow banana-lovers know what I'm talking about!). My slight obsession with this sweet yellow fruit didn't do me any favors in the bathroom department. In case you haven't heard, they can cause constipation. So for one week, I decided to swap my once-a-day banana for a big, bright red, juicy apple. An apple a day is supposed to keep the doctor away, but, really, what I hoped for was that it would keep me regular. I mixed it up between Fuji and Honeycrisp apples. I was shocked. I noticed a difference in the first day! Without going into too much detail, I had a wonderful trip to the loo. I didn't feel b...