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34 | SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | FEBRUARY 2021 | Just in case: Check with your club contact to confirm meeting place, date, and time. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! Wishing all of you a happy and safe celebration with the challenges the pandemic has given us. The next Zoom meeting will be on Thurs., Feb. 18 at 10 am. This month our guest speaker will be Darlene Merkler from Inland Caregiver Resource Center. The Center has been helping family caregivers meet the challenges of caregiving by offering a comprehensive array of supportive services. Whether you are helping your mother, father, grandparent, sibling, son, daughter or other relative or friend, the Inland Caregiver Resource Center can help you and the person you are assisting. Members will be notified of the details by an email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom meetings have been very successful. If anyone needs help setting up for Zoom, contact Diane and she will get you going. If you have not participated in Zoom, you are missing out. Give it a try. If you have any questions, would like to learn more about Memory Loss, or would like reading materials that we can loan you, call Diane, (951) 769-0130, Doug, (360) 840-5559 or Anne, (951) 845-8700. Remember we are here to help. TIPS FROM DR. OZ Dr. Oz says that prevention strategies should start as early as possible to arrest the pathways to clinical Alzheimer's. The disease starts with the formation of amyloid plaque, which leads to neuron cell death and resulting tangles. This cascade culminates in inflammation that rages like a fire through healthy parts of our brains. Breaking the cycle at any point will slow progressions of the disease. KNOW YOUR CHOLESTEROL. Your cholesterol levels need to be more aggressively maintained than traditional heart disease prevention if you have the APOE e4 gene, like 25 percent of the population. KNOW YOUR WAIST SIZE AND KEEP IT LESS THAN HALF YOU HEIGHT. A big waist will shrink your brain. As long as you are focused on your diet to lose weight, eat lean protein with lots of veggies and pick healthy omega-3 fats like those in salmon and walnuts. EXERCISE UNTIL SWEATING. The brain has to work overtime to move our muscles in a coordinated fashion, which might explain why so many studies show that working the body protects brain function. Interval training for even a few minutes turbocharges the benefits. CURIOSITY HELPS. Being a life-long learner keeps our brains nimble, which might explain how continuous education is associated with reduction of symptoms, even if the brain continues to accumulate amyloid plaque. Caregiver Support Group