UNHEALTHY eating along with unhealthy lifestyle can hasten  aging and could trigger cell degeneration.

There are plenty of natural foods around, each have their healthy function.

Learn to maximize the potential health benefits of natural foods and identify which one fits your needs.

Here are some foods, according to a study, that can maintain your youthful look.

* Coffee. When it comes to coffee, which do you prefer, instant, brewed or decaf? According to researches everything depends on the coffee beans sort. Arabica is considered the sort of coffee which contains the lower amount of caffeine.

If you want to follow a normal regular consumption of caffeine products and not overdo this, you must consume daily four portions (including black and green tea, cola and energetic drinks). This rule may help you to establish a normal caffeine dosage per day.

* Broccoli. Broccoli helps smoking persons to avoid lung cancer. American scientists reached  the conclusion that broccoli and other vegetables of Cruciferae family decrease the risk of getting lung cancer.

Based on research, smokers that consume broccoli and other vegetables of Cruciferae family lowers the risk by 20-55 percent  than for other smokers which do not consume these products. It was proven also that boiled broccoli have the properties that will improve the heart and avoid heart attacks.

* Vitamin C. Vitamin C decreases the risk of fractures. According to  researches, additional use of C vitamin is associated with decrease of risk of thigh and non-vertebrary fractures. It is responsible for antioxidant inhibition of the osseous resorption and is necessary for collagen synthesis.

100 patients who suffered thigh fractures and 180 with non-vertebrarium fractures were given their Vitamin C. Patients with an increased doze of C vitamin had twice less fractures than the others.

The dozes of C vitamin we take actually are not enough. It should be administrated also separately, as a medication. Scientists also recommend increasing the doze of consumed fruits and vegetables. However, this does not mean to set aside your doctor’s prescription in favor of vitamin C. Overdose of C Vitamin can lead to internal bleeding.

* Green Tea. Green tea will preserve the youthfulness of your heart. The green tea is already famous for its useful properties. It contains many positive substances like potassium, iodine, copper, and B1 and B2 vitamins, organic acids which improve our digestion. It also contains strong antioxidants.

On the brighter side, scientists have discovered a way to make the green tea more useful.    

According to them, green tea effects can be enhanced with a piece of lemon or citric juice. These products are rich in C vitamin, a fact that favors the increase of the antioxidants quantity. These elements are one of the most important in preventing cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

* Apple. Aside from keeping doctors at bay away, apples can also make you 17 years younger. Scientists discovered in apples a complex element which has the role to rejuvenate your heart, increase the circulation of blood and the immune system. Regular consumption of  apples favors the prolongation of human life, as well as the rejuvenation of the human body.

Aside from rejuvenating the heart, it helps increase the circulation of blood and the immune system. Apples contain Epicatechin phenol, the unique property that positively influence the cardiovascular system and maintain the elastic character of the blood vessels.

Epicatechin decrease by 21 percent the process of hardening the blood vessel  walls, a fact that represents the main reasons for the risk of heart disease, heart attack or stroke. The largest amount of Epicatechin phenol is contained in wild apples.

As a result of an experiment with patients which consumed a large amount of apple juice, the conclusion was the fact that their cardiovascular system rejuvenated by 17 years.

Apple juice is also recommended in cases of atherosclerosis or liver, kidney or urinary bladder diseases. It normalizes the intestine work, remove the toxins out of the organism and restore the power after physical workloads.