The Word of Wisdom has created rifts in families, neighborhoods and friendship circles. And Judaism’s model doesn’t work in the 17 million-member church.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is clarifying its "Word of Wisdom" - a health code for church members - in a new article in the New Era, a church-run ...

On Tuesday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made clarifications to its Word of Wisdom, a health code for members. Two days later a Redditor made a list of "Hot Drink Alternatives ...

New warnings about alcoholic beverages buttress the LDS Word of Wisdom health code. George Romney, Mitt's father, is honored, along with a fellow 1968 presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy.

To be fair, the Word of Wisdom could use a modern-day revision. It makes no mention of some very unhealthy choices many of us rely on today. In the 1800s, most of the early Saints grew their own food.

The Church newsroom even clarified in 2012 that the Word of Wisdom does not say anything about caffeine. The debate that sometimes occurs over this issue comes from different understandings of the ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon church, recently updated its guidelines on iced coffee and tea, as well as e-cigarettes. The Word of Wisdom has long banned tobacco and ...

For months, Latter-day Saint leaders, scholars and rank-and-file members — not to mention a fair share of outside observers — have looked forward to the release of Jana Riess’ book about her ...

Vaping is "clearly against the Word of Wisdom," says the LDS Church, in a clarification I am truly glad to see. But . . . et tu, green tea?

"The word coffee isn't always in the name of coffee drinks. So, before you try what you think is just some new milkshake flavor, here are a couple of rules of thumb: One, if you're in a coffee ...

Beware of those fancy coffee drinks, Mormon church warns in clarifying Word of Wisdom By Brady McCombs, AP Friday, August 16, 2019 ...