Then experiments conducted at Yale University by Professor Fisher are described, after which the book continues page :. The experiments furnished a severe test of the claims of the flesh-abstainers.
Two comparisons were planned: one between flesh-eating athletes and flesh-abstaining athletes, and the other between flesh-eating athletes and flesh-abstaining sedentary workers. The results would indicate that the users of low-protein and the nonflesh dietaries have far greater endurance than those who are accustomed to the ordinary American diet.
Now let me read to you a few words from the Word of Wisdom, given by the Prophet Joseph Smith to the world long before science knew any of the facts that I have just read to you from How to Live. As a promise for observing the Word of Wisdom the revelation says:. And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones.
Do the Yale experiments and the statements read from How To Live confirm or discredit the teaching of the Word of Wisdom relative to the eating of meat? How do you account for the fact that Joseph Smith could give these truths to the world many years before science knew about them?
Kellogg, superintendent of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, and published by the Macmillan Company in I believe anyone could read this little book on hygiene with a great deal of profit. Proteins are body-building materials. They may also be used by the body as fuel, but this occurs only in case of necessity. When heat producing foods—fats and carbohydrates—are burned up proteins are used for fuel. So if the body does not need the protein for repairs it will use it, but it is a bad form of fuel, for it leaves behind what might be called clinkers.
These, when formed, yield substances that are not ready for elimination by the kidneys until they have been chemically changed by the liver. These products are poisonous and circulating through the body are present in excess in the blood of heavy meat eaters. The result is that the liver and kidneys are much overworked and thus wear out prematurely.
Of the food eaten, a small portion remains behind in the intestine undigested. This is particularly true of protein food, the unused residue of which is usually much greater than that of the carbohydrates and fats. When more protein is eaten than needed some of it remains in the large intestine until it is discharged. The warmth of the body causes it to putrefy. Newburgh, a University of Michigan professor, as a result of his researches, has concluded that an excess of protein in the diet resulting from heavy meat eating, is one of the causes of the great increase in recent years of diseases of the kidneys, heart, and blood vessels.
The foods to be used most sparingly are those which contain a great excess of protein, such as meat, eggs, cheese, and beans. On this account, there are many authorities who think that it would be safer to discard the use of meat altogether than to continue to use it so freely as many Americans are doing.
And then the book quotes Dr. McCollum of Johns Hopkins University, an eminent authority on nutrition as follows:. I have not the slightest hesitation in saying that a vegetarian diet, supplemented with fairly liberal amounts of milk is the most satisfactory type of diet a man can take. With vegetables of all kinds and milk, bread, and butter, you have at your command all the necessary resources for a nutritious diet.
Then the book speaks about a bulletin by the United States Department of Agriculture in which we are told that. Energy can be gotten from food only after it has become part of a living cell. The excess protein is never assimilated: it never becomes an actual part of the body; it is burned to get rid of it, just as rubbish is.
Members and leaders struggled with its application, and leaders of the Church were clear that while the Lord expected perfect adherence to the Word of Wisdom as an ideal, he was also patient and understanding of everyone—leader and member—who struggled to alter their habits. In our day, the Word of Wisdom applies in ways in which it did not for Joseph Smith's era—the modern Word of Wisdom forbids a great many other illegal street drugs that received little attention in the 19th century.
Question: Does the Word of Wisdom prohibit the eating of meat except during periods of winter, cold or famine? To see citations to the critical sources for these claims, click here. FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We are a volunteer organization. We invite you to give back. Donate to us by shopping at Amazon at no extra cost to you.
Question: Do Mormons who do not eat meat "sparingly" violate the Word of Wisdom? But there are other, less obvious, dangers. We occasionally see severe malnutrition among Latter-day Saints who, in misguided efforts to follow the Word of Wisdom, reject whole groups of food or fast for prolonged periods.
The Word of Wisdom is not a punishment or a restriction; it is a guide to the foods that will help us be healthy. Just as the excessive use of grains and meats is dangerous, so is taking too many vitamins, minerals, or other food supplements.
Iron and vitamins A and D, especially, are harmful in large dosages. Second, excesses may be poisonous. Large dosages of vitamin C have been associated with kidney stones and even with miscarriage. In fact, the body may not be able to use any nutrient normally if it comes in too large a dose. In contrast, the body rarely gets a poisonous amount of these nutrients when people get their nutrients from a variety of foods.
Elder Bruce R. Sometimes, because the effects of our eating habits are not immediately apparent, we wonder if what we eat really does make any difference. All of us probably know someone who never eats vegetables and yet is energetic, vivacious, and successful.
What then are the consequences of our nutritional patterns? First, if a person simply does not have enough food, he starves. The malnourished child is also listless and apathetic, so he interacts less, reducing the stimulation of his mind even more.
This hard-to-break cycle still occurs in many parts of the world: a real tragedy when the solution often lies in simply using the foods that the Lord has provided in each region of the world. For most of us, our diets are not extreme enough for us to see such dramatic consequences of poor nutrition because heredity, environment, attitudes, and health care also influence our health. April Encounter in Ammonihah Francine Bennion.
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