A sound mind in a sound body goes the adage. A sound, stable and healthy body is not difficult to have. If you can discipline your nutrition and physical exercise, you can be in proud possession of a slim, trim and fit body that your friends and admirers would envy.

It is important what you eat. In case you have taken a sumptuous lunch or dinner and after a while, say an hour or 90 minutes, you again start feeling hungry or weak and lazy or tired, it would straightway indicate that your meal or diet was not balanced. It either did not have sufficient quantity of proteins, fat and carbohydrates or it was overcooked thus damaging the ingredients.

It is good, balanced diet or nutrition; the body also needs regular exercise or toning up of muscles and tissues. Regular exercises, especially aerobics, not only boost your energies but also takes care of wear and tear of the body and reduces stress level.

Coming to nutrition, scientists maintain that to keep the metabolic activity at a desired pace, one must have sufficient intake of fatty oils. They can bring down the release of glucose from the carbohydrates into the circulatory system – blood – and help maintain the blood-sugar ratio to desired level.

Most of dieticians or nutrition specialists advocate for decreasing the use of pasta, rice, potatoes and white bread in your meal and in stead replacing it with fresh fruits, vegetables that have high fiber content.

Your body will echo a good diet and if after a meal you feel satiated and happy for three to four hours, it would indicate your last meal was good and balanced. Those who follow their meal charts regularly tend to monitor and control body’s demands for carbohydrates, fats and proteins well.

Good, balanced nutrition followed by apt exercise makes the body fit, slim and trim.

Best exercise for body is aerobics that improve blood circulation, reduce tension or stress and also give you mental strength to resist stress build-ups.

It is the release of endorphins, a body hormone, that gives you feel good feeling. Endorphins are released after you exercise. It can also help enhance your good cholesterol, improve your appetite. By regulating insulin release in the body, it also engineers weight loss.