Sleep Nutrition
Receive the support of a dietitian and nutritionist for sleep problems and insomnia through personalized nutritional and lifestyle interventions and strategies, as well as a diet plan to help overall sleep.
How Can A Dietitian and Nutritionist For Sleep Problems Help
- Have your current diet and lifestyle habits analyzed by a nutritionist and dietitian who specializes in sleep problems such as insomnia to see where tweaks or changes can be made to improve the quality of sleep.
- Provide a dietary assessment that outlines key nutrients (calcium, magnesium, Vitamin A, Omega 3 fatty acids, and others, that support better sleep, and effectively reduce insomnia.
- Discuss the importance that diet plays in sleep quality, as well as some limitations.
- Review and discuss the importance of adequate overall intake of food energy, particularly macronutrient intake throughout your day.
- Assess micronutrient (e.g., melatonin) deficiencies and suggest ways of incorporating foods that can increase daily intake.
- Analyze your diet for alcohol and caffeine intake and provide guidelines around these, as well as strategies to limit their intake throughout the day.
- Provide healthful meal and snack combinations to reduce sleep problems.
- Ensure you consume nutrient-dense foods daily.
- Discuss and consider choosing a dietary pattern that is anti-inflammatory in nature.
- Discuss herbal supplements that have strong clinical evidence to help improve the quality of sleep, if desired.
- Have a personalized meal plan for sleep problems created.
- Seek the counsel of an eating disorder dietitian to help manage disordered eating patterns, emotional and stress eating, cravings, and so on.
- Work with other health practitioners, therapists and coaches to help improve the overall quality of sleep.
- Address other co-existing conditions.
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In-Person Appointments
Our dietitian and nutritionist for sleep and depression, as well as other health concerns conducts on-site, in-person sessions from our main office in Toronto.
Contact us for a no-obligation phone consultation during which we can:
✓ outline how working with a nutritionist and dietitian looks like
✓ discuss your needs and goal(s)
✓ explain how billing and pricing work
✓ address concerns about insurance, if any
✓ answer any other questions
Also Available For Virtual Counselling
The most convenient way, however, to work with a dietitian and nutritionist who specializes in managing sleep problems such as insomnia is through online nutrition counselling.