Melinda Keen, CNC, BS, bestselling author, educator and low oxalate recipe developer. Her passions are nutritional science, promoting oxalate awareness, writing, cooking, hiking and traveling. Her published works included "Low Oxalate Fresh and Fast Cookbook" (2015), "Real Food Real Results" (2016), "Living Low Oxalate" (2018), "Tame The Flame Cookbook: Recipes That Reduce Chronic Inflammation" (2019) and “Living Low Oxalate Cookbook: Ultra Low Oxalate Recipes” (2023) Her first cookbook, "Low Oxalate Fresh and Fast Cookbook" grew out of her love of cooking and the desire to help others prepare a variety of fresh and healthy low-oxalate meals. Her second cookbook, "Real Food Real Results", includes gluten-free, low-oxalate, and nutrient-rich recipes. Her experience with chronic illness and research on the potential ill effects harmful foods led her to evaluate and rework her recipes which transformed her own life and health. "Living Low Oxalate" is a resource book that reveals how oxalate rich foods are linked to bladder pain, kidney stones, joint pain and inflammation, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. This well researched, easy to read book explains what oxalates are, which foods contain this natural toxin and how they can adversely affect your health. "Tame the Flame Cookbook" provides guidance for identifying which foods trigger inflammation and a back-to-basics, natural approach to reducing chronic inflammation. The author shares more than 150 simple, healthy, and fresh recipes that cater to individuals with food sensitivities, are budget friendly, and do not require hard-to-find ingredients. Her newest release “Living Low Oxalate Cookbook” features low oxalate recipes for the low oxalate, and the ultra low oxalate dieter. This cookbook includes oxalate content counts for each recipe and reliable, oxalate Food Content lists. Melinda is a wife, mother, grandmother, nutritionist and educator presently living in Tennessee.