Category Quotes

What modern day prophets tells us about Word of Wisdom and being vegetarian.

Beastly Appetites – Hyrum Smith, 1842

The Lord has in his wise designs revealed unto us his will; he has made known unto us his future purposes; he has told us as he did his ancient prophets that the “earth shall be redeemed—that the curse shall…

Doesn’t eat meat – Jessie E. Smith, Wife of Joseph Fielding Smith

My husband doesn’t eat meat [but rather] lots of fruit and vegetables. [in Gerald E. Jones, PhD Dissertation entitled Concern for Animals as Manifest in Five American Churches: Bible Christian, Shaker, Latter-day Saint, Christian Scientist, and Seventh-Day Adventist (Provo, Utah:…

Meat Alternates – Lora Beth Larson, 1977

Dried peas and beans such as pigeon peas, navy beans, and soybeans contain moderate to high quality protein as well as some iron, so these may be used as meat alternates. [“The Do’s in the Word of Wisdom,” Ensign, vol.…

Keep children from meat – Brigham Young, 1877

Mothers, keep the children from eating meat. . . . Now, sisters, will you take notice, and instruct those who are not here today, to adopt this rule—stop your children from eating meat, and especially fat meat. [“Relief Societies—Talk to Mothers—Improvement Societies—Domestic Matters—Training…

Baked Bread – Brigham Young,1877

Give [your children] a little bread . . .—not soft bread, teach your children to eat crust—hard baked bread, that the Americans would call stale, but the English would not. Mothers, . . . let them eat . . . bread that is well baked, not soft. Do…

Oils/Butters Good and Bad

–Good Organic, Unrefined, Cold Pressed, Virgin Coconut Oil Extra Virgin Olive Oil Palm Oil Peanut Oil Sesame seed Oil Canola oil [Non GMO] ———– Corn Oil Canola oil [GMO] Vegetable Oil Hydrogenated oils Partially Hydrogenated Oils –Bad   Butters Bad Margarine Butter  [Hormones] [Antibiotics]…

Introduction Of Solid foods for Infants

Report on Introduction of Solid Foods to Infants By Richard LaVer Bentley submitted to Brother VerDon W Ballantyne English 316 section 6 Brigham young University Provo, Utah By Richard LBentley April 28, 1978   993 E. third SouthProvo, UT 84601…

letter from Joseph Fielding Smith, 1966

A letter from Joseph Fielding Smith, written on Church letter head, dated December 30, 1966 to a woman in El Paso, TX. This sister had asked him a question about a statement made by Brigham Young that small children should…

Cola Drinks – Joseph Fielding Smith

I was definitely informed by a chemist that the cola drinks are just as harmful as tea or coffee, and his advice was to leave all such substances alone. [“Use of Cola Drinks and Playing Games of Chance,” Answers to Gospel Questions, vol. 5 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 1966), p. 75.]