An Apple a day, keeps the _______ away.

2 days ago, watched a documentary show called "Unwrapped" on FoodNetwork.  The show is basically talking about food....how it was processed in factory etc.  and this particular episode was talking about Apple.  It was an interesting show telling us about different type of apple, and their products like apple pie, soft drinks etc.  One of the segments really caught my attention and leave a deep impression.  It's the part they spoke about sliced apple... how the apple was sliced in apple and how it was treated so that it doesn't turn brown...it was dipped into a FDA approved solution containing calcium and vitamin C.  Then it shows that it;s distributed to schools etc

Now it sound OK to most people i guess, after all it's approved by USFDA.  It should be safe... and actually i have little doubt that it will do much harm in short term.  My question was, why do we need to serve this type of "treated" apple instead of a fresh one?  It's a healthy snack that I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND!!  Out of convenience?  How long does it take to peel and cut a fresh apple and pop it into our kid's lunch box?  How hard is that?

In fact, this type of packed sliced apple is also available in one of the famous fast food chain, and i bought it before when Jane was much younger.  At that time, it really never make me ponder a while before buying it.  Jamie Oliver in his show "Food evolution" woke me up.

So, the hot question is... is the old saying "an apple a day, keeps the doctor away"... is that still valid?



Have you also encountered something similar?  A food that make u ponder.