Karen Frazier

Karen Frazier is an author who writes books about nutrition, cooking, and holistic healing. She served as a certified personal trainer, fitness instructor, and nutrition adviser for many years. In that capacity, Karen helped clients find diet and exercise plans that worked for them based on their unique health needs. She also worked for nearly a decade as a patient education coordinator in a natural health clinic. Currently she serves as the health, diet, and fitness editor for LoveToKnow.com.

Diagnosed with celiac disease, a dairy allergy, and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Karen used her knowledge of nutrition, flavor, and fitness to find the best ways to eat and move for her body. She learned how to overcome her autoimmune disease and concurrent conditions by eating a minimally processed, customized, anti-inflammatory diet. It is Karen's philosophy that no single diet works for every person, but that by understanding how food affects the body, it is possible to customize a way of eating that meets individual needs. She also believes that no matter how restrictive a diet is, it is still possible to prepare delicious foods.

Now, she shares that information--along with her lifelong passion for cooking and her understanding of building flavors--with others in her cookbooks, which help people with special nutritional needs or on restrictive diets find delicious ways to eat. You can find many of Karen's recipes in her food blog, The Modern Ancestor.

Along with being a long-time food blogger and passionate cook, Karen loves writing about wine and cocktails. She earned a California Wine Appellation Specialist (CWAS) certificate from the San Francisco Wine School and served as LoveToKnow's wine editor. She also enjoys bartending and creating signature cocktails for non-profit fundraisers. Additionally, Karen writes wine, gourmet, cooking, and cocktails articles for LoveToKnow.

Karen is a Nia White Belt. In her spare time, she volunteers in her community, plays the piano and flute, cooks most meals from scratch, explores nearby wineries and distilleries in Washington and Oregon, hikes, designs jewelry, practices yoga, enjoys the Nia technique, engages in tribal belly dance, and spends time with her family, friends, and pets.