Zoe-Exercise important for Mental & Physical Health

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Hi Zoe,

It's great to see you're still out there trying to do what you can bike

riding. Never underestimate the strrong health benefits of physical exercise in

the

fresh outdoor air. It oxygenates the lings and sends needed oxygen to your

brain and all over. Especially as we get older(I'm 62) it becomes even more

important to keep moving, if muscles fall into disuse they atrophy and it

becomes

harder and harder to do what we have to do.

I just returned from visiting my parents in Florida for the Jewish New Year

holidays. My mother will be 95 in December, but she always avoided physical

exercise, taking cars, elevators etc. Now she finds it exceedingly strenuous to

walk the 50 yards from her room to the elevator in order to go to the dining

room in her assisted living arrangement. You are a tremendous inspiration to us

all. I never cease to be amazed and by the gems you turn up in your literature

searches on epilepsy and brain function. This board is packed full of

tremendous insights and even " discoveries " about our own health.

Thank you all for the opportunity to learn so much about

epilepsy and related brain function.

Best of health and happiness,

arnold