Cristina Sutter MHSc., RD | Founder + Sport Dietitian

Cristina Sutter
MHSc., RD

With over 20 years of clinical experience, Cristina founded this practice after recognizing that most clients were being seen by generalists when what they needed was a specialist. She built a team around that belief.
In-Person
Telehealth
  • 20+ Years in clinical practice
  • 5.0 Rated on Lumino Health
  • 100+ Sports teams

Background

The clinical lead behind the practice.

Cristina’s career began in public health as a Vancouver Coastal Health outpatient dietitian working across pediatric, prenatal, chronic disease, and autoimmune nutrition. That breadth of early clinical experience, seeing the full spectrum of how nutrition affects health, shaped the standard she holds herself and her team to.

Alongside her clinical work, Cristina worked with Vancouver Canucks, Swimming Canada and served as the fourth year sport nutrition instructor at UBC, SFU and Langara College. She holds advanced training in CBT-based behaviour change through Craving Change, and has completed Dr. Stacy Sims’ Menopause 2.0 course, reflecting her ongoing commitment to continued education in the areas her clients need most.

Training & Credentials

Education

Masters of Health Sciences (MHSc)

University of Toronto

Licensing

Dietitian

CHCPBC, British Columbia

Continued education

Menopause 2.0

Dr. Stacy Sims

Advanced training

  • CBT Behaviour Change
  • Craving Change certified

Areas of Practice
What Cristina Works On

At CS, we’re all sport dietitians first.

As a sport dietitian, Cristina shares advanced training and experience with every practitioner on the team. On top of that, she has developed deeper areas of clinical interest that she welcomes in her practice.

Shared core competencies

  • Teen & adult sport nutrition
  • Build muscle, lose fat
  • Weight loss for fitness or performance
  • Meal plans to gain muscle mass
  • REDs and amenorrhea

Deeper clinical interests

  • Cramps & gut issues in sport
  • Perimenopause nutrition
  • Nutrition for children and teens with ADHD
  • Digestive disorders — GERD, IBS, IBD, bloating, constipation
  • Obesity, binge eating, GLP-1s
  • Postpartum & infant nutrition
  • Eating disorders
  • Emotional eating and cravings
  • Concussions
  • Neurodiversity and ADHD

Demographics + Age Groups

Sports Cristina work with

  • Swimming
  • Ironman
  • Hyrox
  • CrossFit
  • Fondo
  • Rowing
  • Hockey
  • Field hockey
  • Martial arts & combat
  • Volleyball
  • Basketball
  • Trail running
  • Marathon
  • Track & field
  • Backcountry skiing
  • Rock climbing
  • Mountaineering

Age Groups

Adults
All stages of adulthood
Children & teens
Elementary and high school age

What clients are saying about Cristina

Christina exceeded my expectations (and hopes) when my 14 year old son was looking for nutritional guidance. She was engaging, balanced and phenomenally knowledgable. She gave advice that a)he highly valued and followed b)helped him to continue to build a very healthy relationship with food and meet his goals. I appreciated her professional, down to earth approach that was spot on for a 14 year old boy. His appointment was over a year ago and I am very thankful for her realistic and very helpful advice that provided a strong base for my son ever since. He is now asking to follow up with her and I couldn’t be happier for him to go back. I trust that Christina gives science based, healthy and realistic suggestions for young athletes. From one mom to another, thank you, Christina!!

Leslie Farrar

Cristina worked with me in the fall of 2025 to help with ongoing stomach related issues that required daily medication. I consulted with my family doctor, a specialist, two naturopaths prior and all were not able to help fix my problem. Cristina thought my issue was likely diet related and provided a tiered approach to changing eating habits, food, quantities and literature to support. I implemented all of her ideas and was able to repair my stomach over a 6 month period and no longer require daily medication. Thanks to Cristina and her great support, I would highly recommend her.

Mike Schuss

I highly recommend consulting with Cristina. Her experience as a dietitian is complemented by astute assessment skills. She listened to me and quickly got a sense of who I am and what I needed to achieve my goals. Her recommendations were easy to implement into my current diet and busy lifestyle. After one session, I made some adjustments to my eating habits and almost immediately (i.e. within a week) noticed more stable appetite and energy levels. I feel so much more attuned to my appetite and I’ve been much more intentional about food choices. I cannot overstate the impact her insights have had on my approach to fueling my body and how much better I feel. I’ve recommended her to friends and colleagues, and I’m excited to see where I go from here. Thank you so much, Cristina!

Alana8

Christina transformed my life. She made sure I liked the food and that it was realistic to make with my schedule. I perform so much better in my fitness and daily life. I had been previously given a diet plan that was so restrictive and I was struggling. Christina showed me that I can love what I eat and feel good. I have referred friends to her and all of them are as happy as I am. I can’t recommend her enough, if you book an appointment you won’t regret it.

Morgan

I signed up with Cristina about 6 weeks ago for weight management for BJJ competitions. She analyzed my eating habits, offered suggestions and improvements and made a nutrition and hydration plan to get my weight down for my competition. The results were amazing. I had dinner the night before and even a small breakfast before weighing in, came in at exactly at my needed weight and felt great energy-wise for my fights. Such a change from previous experiences of feeling drained and dehydrated for weigh ins and trying to recover in time for my fights.
I ended up winning my category, I can’t thank you enough for your help getting me there!

S Z

You might be a good fit if...

Cristina works across a wide range of clients. These are the situations where she tends to do her best work.

You’re an athlete wanting performance gains

Whether recreational or competitive, you want your nutrition working as hard as you do.

You’ve tried generic plans and they haven’t stuck

You need a plan customized to work with your body and lifestyle, to build lasting habits.

You’re navigating a hormonal or life stage shift

Understand how to eat for your age and stage, whether you are entering pregnancy or perimenopause, you need evidence-based guidance, not general wellness advice.

You want to work with someone who keeps it real

Cristina is known for her direct, no-nonsense approach. She sees you, gets you, and delivers clear, practical guidance that gets results.

Work with Cristina Sutter

Founder · Sport Dietitian · Vancouver & Virtual BC