About Kristen

Kristen Kistler, MS, RD, LD, is a food and nutrition expert living in Austin, TX and is the founder of True Food Love Nutrition. Kristen believes that food should not only nourish the body, but the soul as well. She enjoys eating healthy with a focus on balance and intentional living and has specific interest in Integrative and Functional Medicine, which centers on a holistic, "Food as Medicine" approach to nutrition, health and healing. She offers nutrition counseling and coaching services by pairing motivational interviewing with the non-diet principles of intuitive eating. By taking an alternative approach to dieting, she works with clients one-on-one to help them find inner peace with food and learn how to get healthy without deprivation. 

Kristen is a registered and licensed dietitian in the state of Texas and holds a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition Science from Texas Christian University and a Master of Science in Nutrition Science from Texas Tech University. She has completed over 1,000 hours of supervised practice during her dietetic internship at Texas Tech University and has over ten years of experience providing nutrition counseling and practice medical nutrition therapy in the clinical setting. She helps patients who have conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, gastrointestinal disorders, tube feeding dependency, obesity and cancer. She also serves as a preceptor to dietetic students in the clinical setting.

When she’s not working, Kristen enjoys working out, cooking, exploring farmers markets, trying new restaurants, traveling and spending time with her friends, family and rescue dog, Hudsy.