Karen Asp is an award-winning journalist and author who specializes in health, fitness, nutrition, travel and animals (companion and farmed). She’s held numerous masthead positions throughout the years, including contributing editor at Woman’s Day, fitness columnist for Allure and contributing health editor for TheBeet.com.
Currently, Karen is a contributing writer for VegNews but also writes regularly for dozens of other print magazines and digital sites, including A360’s special interest magazines, Eating Well, Better Homes & Gardens, Real Simple, EverydayHealth, Sentient Media, Outside, Yoga Journal, Women’s Health, Prevention, Men’s Health and many more. Her latest book, published in 2019, is Anti-Aging Hacks.
She holds certifications as an ACE personal trainer, plant-based nutrition educator and vegan lifestyle coach and devotes much of her spare time to rescuing animals. She volunteers with her local animal shelter and a golden retriever rescue in Indiana, transporting and fostering goldens and mentoring other fosters. She shares her office with a rescue cat and two foster wins, a golden retriever from a puppy mill and a golden/lab mix from a shelter.
Subjects
Plant-based nutrition, vegan lifestyle
Skills
Writing Credits
AARP, AARP’s The Girlfriend, Allure, Best Friends, Better Homes & Gardens, A360’s magazines, Clean Eating, Consumer Affairs, Consumer Reports, Craft Beer, Daily Paws, Eating Well, Everett Potter’s Travel Report, Everyday Health, Fodor’s, Forks Over Knives, Good Housekeeping, Great Pet Care, Insider, Livestrong, Men’s Health, Midwest Living, O, Oxygen, Parade, Paw Print, Prevention, Reader’s Digest, Real Simple, SELF, Sentient Media, Shape, The Beet, Treehugger, USA Today and its magazines, VegNews, Vegetarian Times, WebMD, Women’s Health, Yoga Journal
Book Credits
Understanding Your Food Allergies & Intolerances, 2012, St. Martin’s Press
Anti-Aging Hacks, 2019, Adams Media
Awards, Honors, Appointments
Four-time award winner of the MORE awards from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for print articles in Dr. Oz, Prevention, Oxygen and O the Oprah Magazine
Recipient of two Sentient Media awards in 2021: Most Read Story of 2021 (“Why aren’t more veterinarians vegan?”) and Freshest Angle (“The pet food industry is cutting ties with animal agriculture”)
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