Who is Kia Sanford?

In addition to being an avid gardener and culinary adventurer, Kia Sanford holds Master’s degrees in both Human Clinical Nutrition and Marriage/Family/Child Counseling which she uses in tandem while working with clients to help them foster long term health.

Kia has written an article on nutrition for a major oncology journal; edited and proofed ground-breaking publications in complementary healthcare; and wrote the chapter on nutrition for a best selling book on fibromyalgia. She has an informative blog and posts regularly on the Get REAL FaceBook page to help clients stay abreast of new developments in nutrition and health.

Kia has a broad background working with health challenges, from the welcome challenge of helping parents create a family when a newborn arrives, to helping families manage frightening diagnoses and emergencies. She has developed programs working with doulas and midwives, as well as directed a program for bariatric patients and facilitated care coordination for clients challenged with cancer. Kia also has worked in the Oakland, San Leandro and San Lorenzo schools in California with economically challenged families and children, and taught 6th grade outdoor ed, rock climbing and backpacking to kids in the California foothills and Santa Cruz mountains.

Kia has taught nutrition and lifestyle classes for the past 8+ years and continues to conduct individual consultations with clients all over the country in person and by phone or skype. Whether challenged with cancer, recovering from surgery, changing body composition or working to prevent the onset of chronic disease, Kia firmly believes that what we eat, drink, and how we move everyday is vitally important. Kia’s love of good food, and understanding that food can be medicine, informs her positive focus on all the wonderful things we can and should be eating to create and maintain health.

To contact Kia please call 415.813.6183 or 541.821.3618, or send an email to kia@getreallifestyle.com

You can also learn more about her private practice by going to the Kailo Counseling website