ETB counsels to pay more attention to the Word of Wisdom, particularly eating more vegetables, fruits, and grains.

Date
Mar 4, 1979
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Ezra Taft Benson
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Ezra Taft Benson, “In His Steps,” BYU Devotional, March 4, 1979, accessed August 30, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
BYU Devotional
People
Ezra Taft Benson
Audience
BYU students
Transcription

Second: food. To a great extent we are physically what we eat. Most of us are acquainted with some of the prohibitions, such as no tea, coffee, tobacco, or alcohol. What need additional emphasis are the positive aspects—the need for vegetables, fruits, and grains, particularly wheat. In most cases, the closer these can be, when eaten, to their natural state— without overrefinement and processing—the healthier we will be. To a significant degree, we are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth, and lacking the energy that could be ours because we overindulge in junk foods. I am grateful to know that on this campus you can get apples from vending machines, that you have in your student center a fine salad bar, and that you produce an excellent loaf of natural whole-grain bread. Keep it up and keep progressing in that direction. We need a generation of young people who, as Daniel, eat in a more healthy manner than to fare on the “king’s meat”—and whose countenances show it (see Daniel 1).

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