"Real" food vs. "Fake" food

I have always been a big fan of eating peaches. As a kid my mom would cut up a real peach and give it to me as a snack. A real peach has a similar shape to an apple. The only difference is that it has a tanish-redish color peel and that the peel is fuzzy. (obviously the inside is much different as well) All throughout high school my mom would buy peaches and leave them out on the counter for me to take and eat as I please. However, when i got to college I started to eat canned peaches as an alternative. This is because of the convenience factor. Canned peaches were also cheaper. Real peaches taste much better and they are also much healthier for you. I never would have thought that the health affects would be different from canned to real peaches until I read Michael Pollans book: IN DEFENSE OF FOODS. Canned peaches are not in their natural form. They not only don't taste as good but they are also processed. Manufactures add sugar to the peaches to try to make them taste better. This sugar changes the characteristics of the peaches and makes them much more unhealthy for you than they are in their real form. I am going to return to eating peaches in their natural form. Not only do they taste better, but they are also healthier for you. In this edition of The Douglas Report it talks about how certain fruits are healthy for you in their natural form, but are unhealthy in processed forms or in juices. It is important for people to be informed about this so they can make healthy choices for themselves.