“Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: 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…”
Those words are from the revelation that Joseph Smith received from the Lord Jesus Christ on 27 February 1833. It’s recorded as verse 4 of the Doctrine and Covenants Section 89, commonly known as the “Word of Wisdom.” This is what members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints use as a health code. In this code, we are told by the Lord to avoid tobacco and alcohol. Tobacco is not for the body, but to be used as “an herb for bruises and all sick cattle, to be used with judgment and skill.” Alcohol is also not for the body. That makes sense to me, as another form of alcohol, rubbing alcohol, is great for cleaning, especially removing ink stains on clothes.
I’m grateful that the Lord revealed to Joseph Smith back in the 1830s that tobacco is not for the body, meaning, internal digestion by the human body. This is an example of the value of revelation from God. The Lord Jesus Christ knows everything. Man does not know everything. The Lord knew and knows that tobacco is not for internal consumption by human bodies before men knew. It is good for external use, for bruising, and for cattle. So the Lord revealed this knowledge to Joseph Smith. He taught it to his fellow Saints. Decades before the general consensus of humans agreed it it is toxic, generations of people were already avoiding its addictive nature, the Latter-day Saints, because of this revelation. Eventually, scientists caught up to revealed knowledge by discovered nicotine’s addictive qualities, and nicotine’s link to illness and death. This contributed to the U.S. federal government requiring a warning about the dangers of tobacco to be put on every cigarette package. The Lord not only knew that tobacco is toxic to humans, the Lord knew that “conspiring men” would exploit its addictive nature to make more money. So the Lord gave this Word of Wisdom not only for people to avoid addiction but to warn people not to consume it in order to avoid losing money to conspiring men.
Could it be that this warning was just the tip of the iceberg regarding conspiring men exploiting substances for human consumption in order to make more and more money? Yes, I believe so! The book, Salt Sugar Fat by investigative journalist and author Michael Moss gives compelling evidence for us to answer “yes” to that question.
Watch the video below to learn more.
Sister Lili Anderson refers to Salt Sugar Fat in her video below, in her commentary on the Word of Wisdom and Doctrine and Covenants 89-92.
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At the 39:08 mark, she mentions Salt Sugar Fat, saying that her whole family has read the book. She then tells a story from the book at the 40 minute mark. It’s the story of Jeffrey Dunn, who was an executive with Coca Cola. He was in charge of bringing Coke to Brazil. Here’s the story as told by Sister Anderson, paraphrased, using the transcript feature in YouTube:
“Jeffrey Dunn years later went down to Brazil because they wanted to expand the Coca-Cola market by creating a product that was smaller. I believe it was a 6 oz Coke and they thought, you know, these people don’t have a lot of money in Brazil, but if we make a smaller container of Coke and try to sell that, they might be able to afford it and we might open up a lot more customers there. So he went down and visited in Brazil and went around those areas and came back and concluded. He said, ‘You know, these people need a lot of things, but one thing they don’t need is Coke.’ And it kind of was a come to Jesus moment for him. He ended up quitting his job, his dream job at Coke, and he went to work for Bolt House Farms, which is, you know, vegetables and stuff. And in fact, I think he was involved in the production, he may have even spearheaded the production of these snack size packets of mini carrots, baby carrots for kids, like for their lunches or after school. And he’s really been on a campaign since then to try and he goes around and speaks about it and stuff that he’s trying to make, you know, it fun to eat fruits and vegetables, especially for kids because it really finally hit him that like what are we doing? You know, we’re just trying to grind the faces of the poor by giving them stuff that’s really no good for them and charging them money when what they need is like something so much better and healthier.”
Wow what an amazing story of someone willing to do a 180 degree about-face in his career and his food philosophy and probably his money-making! Good for him!! In the video above with Michael Moss, Mr. Moss must be referring to Mr. Dunn when he talks about a guy who used to work at Coke and now uses the same tactics he used marketing Coke for promoting carrots, as part of his karmic payback.
Here’s a video with Mr. Dunn below when he was with Campbell’s talking about how evil it is to put money over health, especially children’s health.
Want more stories from Salt Sugar Fat? Go read a few more here on the website of the Weston A. Price foundation then watch the video below.
I also highly recommend reading Sally Fallon Morrell’s Nourishing Traditions for even more juicy stories of conspiring, corrupt men in the manufactured food industry. The pages have sidebars with fascinating stories about nutrition and the food industry.
I hope this is enough to get your mama bear chemistry flowing at a tsunami level!!! Let’s take back the rightful job of mothers to nurture our children and not turn it over to Lunchables. Let’s protect them and ourselves from the “evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men.” These people put profits over our health by getting us hooked on manufactured sugar, salt, and fat that target our bliss points, making us sick and fat.
Here are some great sites to find yummy recipes from whole foods:
–wellnessmama.com, the yogurt bark looks really yummy!
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