How We Can Help · Sleep & Energy

Nutrition support for sleep and energy.

Falling asleep, staying asleep, and getting through the afternoon without needing something to prop you up. We work out what is draining you, and build the day back around it.

Katia choosing ingredients from a pantry

Who this is for

You may recognise some of this.

Awake at three with a mind that will not stop. Eight hours in bed and still nothing in the tank. The four o’clock dip you now plan around. Coffee that stopped working, or works so well you cannot sleep. Or tired and wired at the same time, which is its own particular kind of exhausting.

Tiredness is the symptom people apologise for. It gets put down to work, or age, or having young children — all of which may be true, and none of which means nothing can change. Sleep and energy are downstream of a great many things: what you eat and when, blood sugar, stress, hormones, iron, and the shape of your day. 

Tired and wired are the same problem.

The system that will not switch off at night is usually the one that will not switch on in the morning.

Caffeine is still working five hours later.

A four o’clock coffee is half with you at nine.

Most afternoon crashes are set up earlier in the day.

Often at breakfast, before anybody feels tired.

Areas of support

What people come to me with.

Falling asleep A mind that starts working the moment the lights go off.
Staying asleep Waking in the small hours, and the hour spent getting back.
Afternoon crashes The dip you plan around, and what it takes to get through it.
Tired but wired Exhausted all day, alert the moment you stop.
Running on empty Sleeping enough and still waking with nothing in reserve.
Recovery and burnout patterns When rest has stopped restoring anything, and the same week keeps repeating.

Why Katia

This one she has lived.

Katia spent more than a decade in the markets, where exhaustion is normal and nobody mentions it. She came out of it bloated, permanently tired, and able to sleep ten hours and still feel broken — with no medical explanation for any of it. What changed it was not a supplement or a sleep app. It was food, light, movement and the unglamorous business of an early night.

  • MSc, Personalised Nutrition · Middlesex University
  • Registered with BANT and the CNHC — both numbers public
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Katia Demekhina

How we work together

Three months, three conversations.

Energy is slow to shift and quick to slip back. Three months is long enough to tell the difference between a good week and a change.

01. The first conversation

Your history, your symptoms, and what a normal day actually looks like from waking to lights out.

02. The plan

What to change, in what order, and why.

03. Two follow-ups

Across three months, because the first good fortnight is not yet evidence. Some people stop there. Others carry on with occasional follow-ups.

Kind words

Feedback from clients.

“I wake up wanting to hike now.”

Susan Y.C.

“Energetic and not anxious in the morning. Less nervous at night, calm and in control.”

Chloe C.

“I no longer have an afternoon energy dip.”

Jackie N.

Questions

Questions about sleep and energy support.

Can nutrition support help with low energy?

We look at meals, energy patterns, sleep, stress, movement, symptoms and daily routines together before deciding what practical changes may help.

Do I need to track my sleep or food beforehand?

You do not need a perfect record. Any notes about patterns, routines or goals can help make the first conversation more useful.

What if my sleep or energy concerns continue?

Nutrition support does not replace medical assessment. Persistent or new symptoms should be discussed with your doctor; Katia can work alongside your existing care where appropriate.

Where to start

Tired is not a personality.

It is information, and it is usually more readable than people expect.