What do you do when you develop a rare condition that, among other things, compromises your immune system and not only leaves you extremely fatigued but also unable to enjoy all the foods you used to enjoy? If you're Rachel Riggs, who has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, or EDS, you take your cooking skills and create a repertoire of clean eating recipes--and then focus on turning them into a cookbook. Here's her story, as well as three recipes, in my new San Diego Union-Tribune piece.

Photo by Eduardo Contreras for the San Diego Union-Tribune