Texas Dietetics is a health and wellness practice providing evidence-based nutrition counseling, medical condition management, weight loss, personal training, metabolic testing, and body composition analysis to help individuals improve health, body composition, performance, and quality of life.
Founded by Daniel Chavez, RD, LD, Texas Dietetics combines registered dietitian care with expertise in exercise physiology, strength and conditioning, sports nutrition, clinical testing, and practical lifestyle coaching. Daniel also serves as Director of KM Wellness Center in El Paso, Texas, and brings 17 years of experience in the health and wellness profession.
The practice serves adults seeking support with weight loss, obesity, diabetes, metabolic health, cardiovascular risk reduction, gastrointestinal concerns, and other nutrition-related conditions. Texas Dietetics also works with athletes and active individuals focused on sports nutrition, performance, recovery, body composition, and long-term wellness.
Daniel also provides virtual nutrition care nationally through Fay Nutrition, where national publications cite him as a nutrition expert.
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Daniel breaks down pre-run meal timing — carbohydrate-focused meals 2–3 hours out, easy-to-digest low-fiber carbs closer to the start — and post-run recovery built on a roughly 3:1 carb-to-protein ratio with fluids and electrolytes.
Read the articleDaniel explains the difference between whey concentrate and isolate, why to look for at least 20 grams of protein per serving, and how third-party testing helps avoid contaminants in protein powders.
Read the articleDaniel points to the link between poor sleep and high alcohol intake, and recommends sticking to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans’ moderate-drinking limits — one drink a day for women, two for men — to protect recovery and performance.
Read the articleDaniel explains what safe fat loss looks like — a calorie deficit paired with balanced meals and activity, targeting roughly 0.5–1% of body weight per week — and cautions that losing faster can hurt bone density, metabolism, and eating behavior.
Read the articleDaniel explains that cutting vegetables strips fiber from the diet, which can lead to irregular bowel movements and gastrointestinal distress.
Read the articleDaniel identifies meat, poultry, and fish as the richest natural sources of creatine and pairs specific foods with meal ideas to help readers hit their creatine intake through diet.
Read the articleDaniel shares three ways to avoid creatine-related bloating: skip the loading phase, choose micronized creatine monohydrate or creatine HCl, and stay well hydrated.
Read the articleWriting for Generation Iron, Daniel reviews the research on ketogenic diets and resistance training, concluding that keto can work for fat loss but tends to blunt lean-mass gains compared to a non-ketogenic, calorie-surplus diet with equated protein.
Read the articleDaniel explains that protein does far more than build muscle — it also supports immunity, connective tissue, and skin, hair, and nail health — and recommends athletes aim for roughly 1.6–2.2 grams per kilogram of body weight daily.
Read the articleWriting for T-Nation, Daniel lays out a minimalist strength program built on compound lifts, showing busy lifters how to train just a few days a week while still hitting every major muscle group.
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