About Camille

This is a guest post written by Camille Macres of Recipe Rx.

Have you given much thought to what it takes to create and sustain the delicate ecosystem of a healthy diet and lifestyle?

Chances are you think about your family’s health quite a lot and have some sort of system down, but there are still areas that don’t really work.

Maybe you eat pretty healthy, but you’re spending way more than you’d like at the store.

Or maybe you’re trying to do “all the right things,” but find yourself totally overwhelmed and consumed with the myriad of conflicting information on television, newsstands, and the internet.

Or maybe just the mere thought of what it would take to improve your family’s eating habits has you running for the hills!

I’ve become really interested in looking at all of the moving pieces of what it takes to get healthy and keep this lifestyle alive year after year. I coined the term “sustainable health” to define a way of eating that supports you, that you enjoy, that you can live with.

Sustainable health: A set of tools and practices adapted to a modern lifestyle that supports freedom from disease and illness.
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This is a guest post written by Camille Macres of Recipe Rx.

You’d have to be living under a rock to not have at least heard the word gluten. A trip to any supermarket reveals labels touting freedom from gluten, dairy, corn, soy, nuts, and eggs. Gluten-free packaged food is a $1.5 billion a year market in America alone! So what’s all the fuss about, and why does it matter?

Eight years ago, I was eating a diet that consisted of lots of “healthy” foods, but felt really tired almost all the time. I went to a naturopathic doctor, and she tested me for food sensitivities that revealed that gluten, dairy, and soy were the culprits of my mystery fatigue, bloating, and 10 pounds that no amount of dieting or exercise had been able to shake.

Within a couple weeks of eliminating these foods, I was the Energizer Bunny incarnate, and within a couple months, I had lost 15 pounds with zero calorie counting or additional exercise. Since then, I have made it my mission in life to help people look to the refrigerator before their medicine cabinet when dealing with their health concerns.

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