Sweet Peach

When thinking about peaches most people think yellow peach but there is also a white peach. What’s the difference? The white ones are white in color on the inside and they are sweeter.

I found out that the white peaches even existed by accident. The friend of mine that has been trying to help me learn how to bake decided that we should make a peach pie. I was over the moon about it because I love peaches. She went to the store and grabbed all the ingredients and when she got back she called me over. It was baking time!

Peaches contain a ton of vitamins and minerals, for example iron and fiber, but it contains one that has been rumored to prolong the life span, potassium.  If you don’t have enough potassium, you're likely to have fatigue, anxiety, muscle weakness, skin problems, poor memory, congestive heart failure or heart deterioration. So peaches are a good way to keep your potassium up.

When my friend and I started slicing up the peaches I noticed they were white on the inside. I asked her if they weren’t ready or something. 

“Crap! I grabbed the wrong ones. These are white peaches,” she said.

So that day I learned about the existence of white peaches and made a white peach pie. For the record it was absolutely delicious.  I liked it just as much as I like yellow peach pie. I’d be happy to munch on either kind now. 

Peach tea is known in Eastern cultures to be a kidney cleanser. They don’t mean the peach flavored tea that most of us drink.  This tea has to be made from the pits of peaches. It has been claimed that peaches are good for relief of stomach ulcers and other digestive issues like colitis and kidney disease.

Peaches also contain lycopene and lutein. These are carotenes, like beta-carotene. There are studies and signals that these two substances, can help prevent macular degeneration, cancer and heart disease.

A couple years ago my dad decided he wanted to plant some fruit trees in the backyard to go along with his garden.  He knew he wanted a cherry tree but he wasn’t sure what other kind to get. I voted peach tree and made sure to remind him of that on a daily basis. My mom also agreed with me and so we ended up with a peach tree. The peaches have not yet grown to full size on the tree but for the past couple of summers I’ve gone out there and watch it bud.  I watch those cute little fuzzy peaches get a little bigger and can’t wait until the tree is big enough to let those guys grow to size. I’m dying to eat them.