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Grace Alcantar

Your go to podcast for Bay Area resources, services, public affairs, social justice, and health well being. In this episode we discuss Bay Area housing resources and rental assistance for those being affected by COVID-19.

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Radical Ally is your go to podcast for resources, community affairs, social justice, environmental and health well being! In this episode we dispel the myths of fat in our diet, while examining the real culprits that make us gain weight: excessive carbs and sugar. We also learn what foods make us lose weight and keep it off!

Books about Sugar, health, & Carbs 1. Gary Taubes- “Case Against Sugar” 2. Gary Taubes- “Good Calories, Bad Calories” 3. Vanni Hari- “Feeding you lies”

Websites Academy of Culinary Nutrition- culinary nutrition.com

Sugar Formula 4 grams= 1 teaspoon of sugar Total g ÷ 4 g= total tsps of sugar (Note: watch your servings! Some labels give you sugar content in servings. 10 g of sugar in 8 oz of a drink containing a total of 16 fluid oz.

Carb formula Total gram Carbs - Total Fiber grams= Net Carbs

Dirty Dozen (Produce to Avoid) - www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen

Foods low in Carbs/ Sugar- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/

Write to me and let me know your results-gtalcantar@gmail.com​

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Recursos Variados- Llame 211 o visite 211.org

Recursos de vivienda y mas- www.ebho.org

Union de Aquiladores- www.sftu.org o llame 415-282-6622

Causa Justa- cjjc.org o llame 510- 763-5877

Linea de Desempleo- (833) 978-2511

Ayuda Legal

East Bay Community Law Center- ebclc.org o llame 510.548.4040

Centro Legal De La Raza- centrolegal.org o llame 510-437-1554

Bay Area Legal Aid- baylegal.org o llame 800-551-5554

Recursos para Salud Mental

Linea de Crisis- llama 911

Linea de Prevención de Suicidio- 800-2783-8225

Linea de Crisis en Español- 888-628-9454

Clinica de La Raza- laclinica.org o llame 510-535-6400

Multilingual Counseling-multilingalcounseling.com o llame (510) 451-0661

La Familia Counseling-lafamiliacounseling.org

Latinix Therapy- latinxtherapy.com

Programa de CalFresh- getcalfresh.org

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Learn how to talk to a live EDD representative in order to resolve your unemployment issues while exploring what resources and therapies can help you cope during the current pandemic.

Have EDD call you- (916)445-2841

EDD live representative-(833)978-2511

Disability Claim Support- (833)978-2511

EDD Bank of America Card-(866) 692-9374

EDD live support instructional video- https://youtu.be/vgliKoh5ycc

Additional Resources- Dial 211 or visit 211.org

IRS support- irs.org live chat

National Suicide Prevention line- 1-800-273-8255

Crisis Text line- Text HOME to 741741

Therapy for the Latinx Community-therapyforlatinx.com/mentalhealthhotlines

Emotional Resolution with Cedric Bertelli for phobias, anxiety, PTSD etc- https://www.cedricbertelli.com/

Counseling/ Therapy for LGBTQ-Pacific Center https://www.pacificcenter.org/

Counseling for people of color- Multilingual Counseling http://multilingualcounseling.com/

Wright Institute CBT Clinic- (510) 923-2241

Wright Institute Psycho Therapy Clinic- (510) 548-9716

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School has gone online and it's challenging!  Do not fear, your ally Grace Alcantar is here to help. Manage your children's behavior during shelter in place by using simple visuals, schedules, reinforcers and more, while helping them to continue building their academic skills.  Also just to correct some information, some public libraries are doing no contact book lending/ borrowing.  To find out more visit your local public library's website.

Radical Ally is your go to Podcast for resources, community affairs, health and well being, social justice issues, and more.

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Radical Ally is your go to podcast for Bay Area resources, services, public affairs, environmental and health well being and social justice issues.  In this episode we discuss how to beat the Coronavirus and the Shelter in Place challenges using healthy alternatives such as personal connections, brain stimulating activities, and diet.

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Links to resources mentioned on this episode can be found on my youtube channel where this podcast is also uploaded.  https://youtu.be/jkajAOakRn0.