Mormon diet
Mormons will soon drink coffee! Debunking a dubious General Conference rumor
By Jana Riess — March 30, 2019
It's the General Conference Rumor Edition! Top rumor: next weekend, the prophet will lift the ban on Mormons drinking coffee. My take: keep dreaming.
Drink a coffee, save your Mormon soul
By Jana Riess — May 27, 2015
When this Mormon guest blogger was asked to rank various sins as a kid, she put drinking alcohol and coffee at the top -- ahead of murder and fornication. Dozens of church lessons in dietary legalism had already sunk in.
Are Mormons Flunking the Word of Wisdom?
By Jana Riess — February 10, 2014
Mormons are 14% more likely to be obese than other Americans. Guest blogger Jane Birch argues that full adherence to the Word of Wisdom would solve the problem of the "Fatter-day Saints."
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