Karen Asp is an award-winning journalist and author (Anti-Aging Hacks is her latest) who specializes in fitness, health, nutrition, animals (companion and farmed) and travel. Her credits include Eating Well, Forks Over Knives, Good Housekeeping, Insider, Martha Stewart Living, O, Oxygen, Prevention, Reader’s Digest, Real Simple, SELF, Sentient Media, USA Today’s magazines, Vegetarian Times, Women’s Health and Yoga Journal. A former contributing editor for Woman’s Day, she currently handles pet features for Better Homes & Gardens (print) and is the contributing health editor for TheBeet.com and a contributing writer for VegNews. She’s also a Vegan Lifestyle Coach & Educator, certified personal trainer who holds world records in Nordic walking, foster dog mom and fur mom to a golden (retriever) oldie and Maine coon rescue.