Whether you have any desire to go vegan or not, an absolutely GREAT book to read in terms of understanding stress and how your body deals with it and how food affects it is professional Ironman Triathlete Brendan Brazier's book THRIVE: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports & Life. 

While I'm all in on smoothies or energy bars, I've put off making any of the raw burger recipies in the book. Even though no meat is involved, when I think "raw" I think of raw, red hamburger meat sitting in a pool of watery blood. Not the most enticing image to get me in the kitchen. 

But last night...