Everyday, the media reports a new improved way to lose weight, prevent aging or keep the body healthy. But staying healthy does not require a rigid lifestyle. A healthy body does not call for food depravity or even restrictive eating. It is unnecessary to launch a workout regimen that requires training like a tri-athlete, either.

Follow the following recipe for a healthy body:

Ingredients
- Diversity
- Flexibility

Whip up a lifestyle regimen with diversity. Eating foods of the same food group is limiting. The body requires all of the foods listed on the food pyramid (vegetables, protein, fruits, carbohydrates and whole grains). A well-rounded diet represents a complex array of vitamins, and minerals.

Each part of the body requires different nutrients; as a result, it's the reason why the body requires a complex diverse group of foods.

In the realm of exercise, the diversity ingredient is key to keeping all the muscles, limbs and ligaments functioning. When the body becomes sedentary, the body suffers from the lack of activity. Muscles, tissue and loses its strength and tone. Performing the same fitness program everyday -- limits other muscles from being properly exercised. For example, if a person just walks the treadmill everyday, only the heart and legs are benefiting. A diverse exercise program enables all the parts of the body to be utilized.

Balance. While nutritional eating habits are important and a well-rounded work-out regimen is vital, the proper balance is necessary. A work out regimen and weight loss program should never interrupt one's daily life. In other words, there must be a balance between eating healthily and exercising at a normal rate. For example, 30-minutes, five days a week at the gym is sufficient. In the realm of food, do not limit your diet to meat one day, no carbohydrates the next. Try to strike a balance between diversity and balance and you will have the recipe for healthy living.