Specialties
- General health
- Pre or postnatal nutrition
- Gut health
- Intuitive eating
- Food allergies
- IBS
- Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)
- Type 2 diabetes
- SIBO
- Liver disease
- Help gaining weight
- Women's health
- Heart health
- Healthy aging
- Autoimmune disease
- Kidney disease
- Thyroid disorders
- Cancer
- Vegan/vegetarian
- Mental health
- Crohn’s disease
- Endometriosis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Celiac disease
- High blood pressure
- Gestational diabetes
- GERD / Acid reflux
- High cholesterol
- PCOS
Approaches
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Elimination diet💚
Intuitive eating💛
Relationship with food🔍
Research-focused
Minimum patient age
Patient reviews
“Answered all my questions, which was very helpful and gave a lot of good advice.“
July 28th, 2024“Great understanding of field... exchange of information was very helpful. Reassuring, patient and nonjudgmental.“
June 23rd, 2024“Heather demonstrated a deep understanding of everything she talks about with evidence from research.“
June 13th, 2024
About Heather
Heather is a registered and licensed dietitian practicing clinical and community dietetics since 2011. Prior to becoming an RD, she was a certified childbirth educator, and pursued RD credentialing after realizing that her favorite part of teaching was helping new families improve their diets by learning basic nutrition and meal planning skills. Before working in outpatient care, her primary practice was hospital-based, but she has worked in a variety of other settings, including employee health, and support group facilitation. She is also a freelance writer for outlets such as the TODAY Show's Food and Health sections and Texas Monthly.
Approach to care
Heather's nutrition philosophy is that a healthy diet can be enjoyable and achievable for the average person. Although she has a passion for trying all kinds of new cuisines and attempting complicated recipes, she believes anyone can have good nutrition with simple, familiar foods and basic cooking techniques. People are often afraid to tell their dietitian what they really eat, but Heather feels nutrition counseling is a no-judgement zone. She was a vegetable-hater as a child, so she knows firsthand that positive change is possible, and really enjoys helping people learn to care for themselves, one plate at a time.
Your first session with Heather
It's important for Heather to get a sense of your personal and family medical history, because those things will determine the nutrition education portion of the first meeting. But, it's equally important that she get a sense of what your life is like, so that you can translate the framework of your nutritional needs into actual grocery lists, recipes, and restaurant choices. There are ten thousand ways to eat a healthier diet, and to find the ones that are right for you, expect to talk over your food preferences, time constraints, whether you like to cook, and daily life.
Location
📍 San Marcos, Texas
Education
Heather graduated with a B.S. in Nutrition and Foods from Texas State University in 2010, and completed her dietetics internship with pediatric emphasis in 2011.
Hobbies
Cooking historical and vintage recipes (especially the weird ones), fiber and paper crafts, drawing, and writing.