Healthy mind in healthy body

“Health is wealth,” goes the popular adage. Health is also a source of happiness and comfort in life. The general health of each individual is basically assessed through two factors, the mental and physical health. An individual is considered to be healthy when his/her mental and physical conditions are perfect.The mental and physical elements of health complement each other. These two elements which form the basic component of health and well-being of each individual, depend on the body constitution, the lifestyle and self-discipline one adopts, the food habits and the environment in which one lives.A human being endowed with an absolutely perfect constitution will not normally contract illness except for the minor ailments due to external factors. His/her body would be insulated within to avoid any illness and work perfectly. It is only hampered with external factors like unhealthy  lifestyle and the environment. It is therefore vital on the part of each individual to keep fit mentally as well as physically to lead a happy and comfortable life.While the genetic constitution provides all the necessary impetus and feedback right from the birth to enable one to grow physically and mentally, the external feedback provided by the intake of nutritious food and physical exercise help the inner body mechanism to sustain health.Hence it should be kept in mind that the mysterious inner body mechanism granted by virtue of genes should be guarded and nurtured with healthy food and proper exercise.During one’s growth process, there are certain certain principles and rules specified in the medical code which have to be scrupulously followed to keep our body healthy. But most of the people would find it hard to follow the principles because of lack of scientific and medical awareness and sometimes due to the poverty and lack of education.The functioning of the human body system as such is so sensitive that the slightest impairment caused to any part of the system would affect the entire body. The human body and mind are set to act in tandem. As far as the individual is genetically fit there is absolutely no reason why he should fall prey to the social evils that would hamper the whole system