Heather Borders MBA, RD, LDN

Heather Gavila Borders is a culinary dietitian and founder of Kailo Nutrition, a lifestyle medicine private practice. After a personal experience with addressing high cholesterol through diet, Heather was inspired to help others devise sustainable strategies to overcome the common challenges associated with nutrition-related lifestyle changes. Her clinical interests include weight management, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal disorders, and autoimmune disorders.

Over the past decade, Heather has offered personalized nutrition counseling, grocery store tours, group and private cooking classes, and personal chef services. She co-piloted a transformative 90-day “Meals that Heal” community initiative with a local restaurateur, which combined nutrition counseling, and interactive group cooking sessions, and provided one daily plant-based meal. Additionally, Heather collaborated with a local chef to create the “Dinner with a Doc” interview series, featuring monthly interviews with lifestyle medicine physicians and doctorate-level clinicians.

Before her career change in nutrition, Heather spent nearly seven years as a medical device Product Manager for Medtronic Ear Nose Throat and five years at Johnson Space Center training astronauts on the Electrical Power Systems and exercise hardware onboard the International Space Station.

Heather has her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of North Florida, an MBA and Master of Mechanical Engineering from Rice University, and a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University. She also has a certificate in Type 2 Diabetes Remission from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, has been a Food For Life Instructor with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine since 2012, and completed Rouxbe’s Plant-Based Professional Culinary certification in 2014.