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:Some unstable people become cranks...There is no prohibition in Section 89 as to the eating of white sugar, cocoa, chocolate...or anything else except items classified under tea, coffee, tobacco and liquor. If some particular food disagrees with an individual, then that person should act accordingly without reference to the prohibitions in this particular law of health.{{ref|brm1}} | :Some unstable people become cranks...There is no prohibition in Section 89 as to the eating of white sugar, cocoa, chocolate...or anything else except items classified under tea, coffee, tobacco and liquor. If some particular food disagrees with an individual, then that person should act accordingly without reference to the prohibitions in this particular law of health.{{ref|brm1}} | ||
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+ | President Heber J. Grant was encouraged to forbid cola drinks officially, but declined to do so: | ||
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+ | :On October 15, 1924, representatives of the Coca-Cola Company called on President Grant to complain that non-Mormon Dr. T. B. Beatty, state Health Director, was using the church organization to assist in an attack on Coca-Cola. They asked President Grant to stop him, but he refused at first, saying that he himself had advised Mormons not to drink the beverage. Beatty, however, had been claiming that there was four to five times as much caffeine in Coke as in coffee, when in fact, as the representatives showed, there were approximately 1.7 grains in a cup of coffee and approximately .43 grains or about a fourth as much in a equivalent amount of Coke. After a second meeting, President Grant said that he was "sure I have not the slightest desire to recommend that the people leave Coca-Cola alone if this amount is absolutely harmless, which they claim it is." Beatty, however, insisted that he would still recommend against its use by children. The question was left unresolved, and evidence indicates that while the First Presidency has taken no official stand on the use of cola drinks, some members urge abstinence.{{ref|grant1}} | ||
Many members of the Church abstain from cola drinks as part of their personal application of the Word of Wisdom. But, use of cola products poses no challenge to full activity in the Church, while the use of coffee, tea, tobacco, alcohol, or illicit drugs would. | Many members of the Church abstain from cola drinks as part of their personal application of the Word of Wisdom. But, use of cola products poses no challenge to full activity in the Church, while the use of coffee, tea, tobacco, alcohol, or illicit drugs would. |
This page is based on an answer to a question submitted to the FAIR web site, or a frequently asked question.
Is it true that cola drinks (e.g. Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper) are forbidden to members of the Church?
Spencer W. Kimball made his own and the Church's view of cola drinks clear:
Bruce R. McConkie observed:
President Heber J. Grant was encouraged to forbid cola drinks officially, but declined to do so:
Many members of the Church abstain from cola drinks as part of their personal application of the Word of Wisdom. But, use of cola products poses no challenge to full activity in the Church, while the use of coffee, tea, tobacco, alcohol, or illicit drugs would.
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