Kristen Reaves, Registered Dietitian

Kristen Reaves is a REGISTERED DIETITIAN representing Kinesiologists.ca in Vancouver. She received her Undergraduate degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington and completed her internship in Seattle, Washington. She began to work at the Pro Sports Club in Bellevue, Washington, which facilitates the most successful weight loss program in the United States. There she counseled a wide variety of clients interested in achieving their personal health and fitness goals through healthy eating habits and physical activity. In addition, she led a children's weight loss program where she has given lifelong tools to enable a healthy family dynamic that make nutrition fun and educational. Her fitness background has given her a strong interest for sports nutrition and enjoys educating active individuals on the importance of combining diet and exercise to achieve maximum results.

Since moving to Canada Kristen has worked with The GreenBody conducting online videos and writing nutrition related articles for their website and the Fitlist Catalog. Kristen joined the Kinesiologist.ca team where she counsels clients working with active rehabilitation, personal training, sport specific training, sports nutrition, and clients who want to feel better from the inside out improving their lifestyle with healthy eating. She conducts seminars discussing various topics from sports nutrition, staying on plan on vacations, dining out, holiday eating, and healthy family dynamics just to name a few.

Contact Kristen at kristen@kinesiologists.ca to learn how she can help you acheive your fitness and nutrition goals.

Nutrition Videos

• The Importance of Eating Whole Grains - Especially After a Workout
• The Importance of Eating Dairy, Protein, and a Balanced Breakfast
• Tips for Providing Healthier Food Options at Home
• How Many Servings of Fruits & Vegetables Should You Eat Each Day?

Nutrition Tips and Recipes

• Sports nutrition tips
• Heart healthy fettuccine alfredo recipe
• White chicken chili recipe
• Grilled halibut salad with raspberry vinaigrette recipe
• Bruschetta stuffed chicken recipe
• Setting health & fitness goals for the new year
• Healthy versions of your favourite holiday recipes
• Crustless pumpkin pie recipe
• Mashed sweet potatoes recipe
• Holiday turkey recipe

Nutrition Counseling Services

Kristen provides nutrition counseling specializing in sports nutrition, weight loss, muscle gain, diabetes, high blood pressure, weight maintenance, and overall healthy lifestyles.

Kristen offers her clients many services to reach their potential in the most efficient and complete way possible. Depending on the client's needs and goals, she offers her clients the following:

• Structured meal plans given weekly to achieve goals
• Ways to increase variation in their diet
• Simple alterations in diet to enhance and stabilize energy throughout the day
• Grocery shopping tours to learn about what foods to buy and how to read food labels
• Demonstrations to entire household on ways to eat healthy as a family
• Quick meal and ideas
• Easy recipes that taste great and do not take long to prepare
• Foods to feed your children throughout the day including school lunch ideas
• Education on specific disease states and tolerating it through diet such as high blood pressure, diabetes, celiac disease, lactose intolerance
• Incorporating nutrition with training, what foods to eat and when (Pre/post workout) to see maximum results and much more!