tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post4509427178228010266..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: "Eat Food. Not too Much. Mostly Plants" - In Defense of the Word of WisdomJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-11579458054911286952008-05-11T22:12:00.000-05:002008-05-11T22:12:00.000-05:00I've been thinking a lot about health and nutritio...I've been thinking a lot about health and nutrition lately, largely as a result of being mildly autistic and having autistic twins as well and searching for non-pharmaceutical helps. While researching the topic, I've become more aware of just how many toxins we Americans we have taken in over the decades in our food and elsewhere; I suspect that a lot of the maladies we face are caused by these toxins. There's an interesting and frightening book that I checked out from the library yesterday called "The Crazy-Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children" that has a lot to say about that. No doubt, a closer adherence to the WofW beyond the minimal requirements regarding coffee, tobacco, liquor, and so forth would greatly benefit us physically and mentally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-37509075207555432482008-05-04T22:19:00.000-05:002008-05-04T22:19:00.000-05:00I'm reading "In Defense of Food" right now, and al...I'm reading "In Defense of Food" right now, and also have been pondering its Word of Wisdom connections.<BR/><BR/>The thing that's kept coming to my mind during the whole book is verse 4 of the WoW: ". . .In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation."<BR/><BR/>Michael Pollan pretty clearly lays out who those "conspiring men" are - the meat, dairy, and processed food industries (along with government officials and nutrition scientists who refuse to take a stand against them) - whose "designs" are to make maximum profit from the very food products that jeopardize our physical health.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-38344426340377211572008-05-04T15:39:00.000-05:002008-05-04T15:39:00.000-05:00Great article.Before my mission I received a bless...Great article.<BR/><BR/>Before my mission I received a blessing in which I was told I'd be able to live the Word of Wisdom on my mission. Everybody in the room but me thought it was weird; I knew it was meant for me because I was concerned that my diet of health foods would be completely replaced by an asian diet high in fatty fried foods and low-nutrient white rice.<BR/><BR/>I was quite happy to hear this blessing and then arrive at my mission to find that all missionary apartments were stocked with large bags of cracked wheat for health purposes. :)<BR/><BR/>Mmmm...fiber!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-84438561802611680662008-05-04T09:32:00.000-05:002008-05-04T09:32:00.000-05:00The mysteries and delights of the strawberry are i...The mysteries and delights of the strawberry are indeed wondrous, along with the Universe and the rest of the cosmos, with or without a belief in God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com