Food and Sleep

Registered Dietician Vicki Kobliner describes nutritional strategies for improving sleep. Handouts are online HERE (.pdf)

Vicki Kobliner MS RDN, CD-N, is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist and owner of Holcare Nutrition. She has lectured nationally and internationally about the role of nutrition in chronic disease and acts a faculty for the Autism Research Institute and the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs. Her career has been devoted to guiding families to navigate the clinical, nutritional, environmental and lifestyle changes they can make to optimize their lives. She utilizes a functional nutrition approach to maximize health, reduce disease risk and help her clients heal from chronic illness. Vicki is also devoted to giving future moms a roadmap to help beat the 1 in 4 odds of having a child with a chronic illness.

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