Sharing Tips for eating well, stressing less, and nourishing a great life overall.

Welcome! I am so glad you are here.

Savvy means “shrewd and knowledgeable; having common sense and good judgment.” At Savvy Dietitian, I aim to help people who feel overwhelmed or confused by ‘popular nutrition’ advice, which then translates into excess stress over how ‘good or bad’ they are eating. I want to empower taking a wider-lensed and common sense approach to health and nutrition that emphasizes progress — not perfection.

The goal at Savvy Dietitian is to provide:

A space where all foods are welcome.
Smarter, not harder, ways to eat well.
Resources to nourish a great life that look beyond what we eat and how much we weigh.

Meredith Kleinhenz, RDN, CSG, LD

I am a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who is passionate about eating well and stressing less about food.

I have 20 years of experience as a Dietitian and have worked with people across the lifespan — from infants to the elderly. I am a Board Certified Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition and for the last 15 years, I have worked, and continue to work, in a primary care clinic for frail elders.

As a volunteer leader in my field, I have served in numerous roles, including as President of the Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

My vision is a world where we honor our health by letting go of binary views on food (good/bad, etc), celebrate diet diversity, and emphasize progress, not perfection. Bon Appetit!

Editorial Process

There is a lot of nutrition and health information on the internet. Why is this site trustworthy?

All content is created by Meredith Kleinhenz, RDN, CSG, LD unless otherwise indicated. As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Meredith has completed 1,200 hours of supervised practice through an accredited dietetic internship program and passed a national exam to obtain her dietitian credential. To maintain this credential requires 75 hours of continuing education every 5 years. Registered Dietitians follow a Code of Ethics to guide their professional services.

Additionally Meredith is a Board Certified Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition (CSG) which requires 2,000 hours practice experience and passing of a national exam every five years to maintain the credential.

All articles are written based on Meredith’s 20+ years of experience as a dietitian. Our content includes references to peer-reviewed research articles, academic text books, or websites you can trust (from government or academic institutions). Savvy Dietitian is about science and not popularity, click-bait, or trends.

When a guest authors posts on this website, all content is edited and fact checked by Meredith prior to publication. Guest authors use the same process of research and referencing. All content is reviewed at least annually and updated as needed based on changes in science.