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“I knew I was being guided”

By: Orva Johnson My journey to a whole food, plant-based diet has been wonderful! I have felt guided, inspired, and so blessed to gradually have the truth revealed to me about how I should eat. I grew...

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Share Your Story

Each of us has a unique perspective, and we can help and bless each other by sharing our experiences. I value you and your story, and I hope you’ll be willing to share! Share your Word of Wisdom...

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About this Site

While writing the book Discovering the Word of Wisdom: Surprising Insights from a Whole Food, Plant-based Perspective, I solicited the stories of other Mormons who are living the whole food,...

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About the Book – Discovering the Word of Wisdom

In the book, Discovering the Word of Wisdom: Surprising Insights from a Whole Food, Plant-based Perspective, Jane Birch explores the Word of Wisdom from the perspective of a whole food, plant-based...

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Endorsements

“The importance of diet is so fundamental to human survival and success that many of the world’s religions have strongly encouraged their followers to eat a near vegan diet. Dr. Jane Birch has made an...

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About the Cover

By Jane Birch I call my introduction to a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet, “an answer to a question I did not ask.” I was not searching for ways to improve my diet. I had no reason for, or interest...

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“I tried every diet imaginable”

By: Charity Lighten From the time I was thirteen I thought I was fat. I tried every diet imaginable and read every weight-loss book I could get my hands on. I would do anything to be skinny: drink...

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“I just wanted to feel normal” (Abbreviated Version)

Note from Jane: This is a remarkable story. The original is quite a bit longer, so I’ve published an abbreviated version here. If you prefer, you can read the long version. By: Kevin Tunstall My...

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“We love this way of eating and would never go back!”

By Christie Cosky While we were dating in 2003, my husband Tim and I would occasionally talk about what his dad, who is really into health and nutrition, had recently told him about healthy living. I...

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Duffy’s WFPB New Year’s Resolution

Note from Jane: One of the blessings of working on the book has been the opportunity to get to know many amazing people. The following post is the first of what will be many posts by my friend “Duffy.”...

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Duffy’s WFPB Journey — January 2014

By: Duffy How does one open a blog post when they have accomplished the thing that was expected of them but that they didn’t know if they could do yet hoped to do and ultimately did do despite the...

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Chapter 8 – Stewards of Our Bodies, the Earth, and Its Creatures

By Jane Birch Central to understanding the Word of Wisdom is an understanding of the absolutely critical role of the body in both our mortal experience and in the eternities. I am not sure any of us...

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WoW Moment – WFPB Relief Society Dinner

My good friend Debbie Christofferson, shared the following story with me yesterday. I’d like to feature short experiences like this as “Word of Wisdom Moments.” Please consider sharing your own WoW...

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“I felt whole in that moment, as if I had come home”

By: Sandee Cherry The “moment” came as I was reading the third chapter of The China Study by Colin Campbell. I had been in physical therapy for a couple of months when my PT, Rogan Taylor, asked me...

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“Heavenly Father really does care about our bodies”

By: Eliza Hirschi I grew up in a family that always tried to eat healthy, without refined sugars and processed foods. My mom was vegetarian and mostly vegan, so we did not have a lot of meat at our...

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Sincere Reflections on The Word of Wisdom

By: Scott Stover So much has been written about Section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants, commonly known as the “Word of Wisdom,” that one might well have to be either a prophet or a fool to risk...

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“I just wanted to feel normal” (Long Version)

Note from Jane: I also published a much shorter version of the following story. I’ve always wanted to share the original, long version, so I’m happy to do so here. The entire story is well worth...

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“Do I believe the Lord means what he says?”

By: Sam Swenson In 1997 I was starting out as a new missionary in the Taiwan, Taichung mission. I had just moved into my second area and was assigned as a junior companion to Elder Olmstead, a muscular...

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I felt the Lord telling me, “This is a good thing. You can do this.”

By: Parie Drechsel I’ve always enjoyed eating healthy foods. My mother helped me understand good nutrition and raised me on healthy foods, lots of vegetables, beans and rice and those kinds of foods. I...

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“There is nothing I want more than to please the Lord”

By: Marsha Burdick One evening when my children were quite small, as I put the lamb chops on the table, I thought to myself, “I can’t eat this. This is someone’s child.” A picture of a frisky little...

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“I now know I can be the person I want to be”

By: Chelsey Russell I started my whole food, plant-based (WFPB) journey 7-ish years ago—I just didn’t know it at the time!! I read an amazing book called Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom by Christiane...

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“My journey started before I joined the Church”

By: Warner Molema My journey towards a whole food, plant-based diet is a long one. It started before I joined the Church… In my mid teens I remember reading that we become what we eat. The article was...

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Responses to Meridian Comments

Note: When Meridian Magazine updated their site in Nov. 2014, some of the responses I had written to comments from readers were lost. For convenience, I’ve posted the comments below. See also links to...

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“When I was 28 years old, I was told I had cancer”

By: James Max Christensen After I married in 2005, I asked my wife, “Where is the meat?” I wanted meat with every meal because that is how I grew up. My loving wife graciously accommodated me. She is...

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“I made a promise to myself to never go back to my old junky ways”

By: Amanda Kotter Coming from a family with a propensity for addictive behaviors, I worked diligently most of my adult life to create a healthy living environment in order to counter the tendencies in...

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“The Spirit confirmed to us that we were on the right track”

By: Leslie Mantlo My daughter Meg, now 11, has struggled with bellyaches, headaches, stiff achy joints, and troubled sleeping for many years. I have taken her to the doctor time and again, but there...

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“You are one of God’s creatures, your life has value”

By: Heather Hernandez At nineteen, I was performing in Die Fledermaus in Rome when I was first introduced to the idea of plant-based living. I was having lunch with a colleague, and I noticed that she...

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“My stirrings as a child were correct”

By: Julie Beal My journey to plant-based eating started when I attended Brigham Young University at age 17. I was not a member of the Church at that time. Although I lived several states away, I was...

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“I wanted revelation like unto Daniel”

By: Karmel Larson I have discovered a powerful pattern in my life. I ask God questions, and he gives me answers. If I obey those answers, he gives me more. Line upon line, precept upon precept, he has...

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“Why did God invent food?!?”

By: Shara Mitchell Up until the last year of my life, I have lived with one foot in the camp with the “health nuts” and one foot in the Standard American Diet (SAD). When I was a child, my mother...

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“They strapped me down and ziplined me up to a hovering helicopter”

By: Jenny Harkleroad In August 2013 I was in the best shape of my life thanks to my addiction to power yoga and lots of weight and aerobic gym classes. I’d been camping and hiking and honestly feeling...

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“I have never felt better in my life!”

By: Julie Brown When I was only 8 years old, my maternal grandmother died of heart disease. She was 51. My grandpa died of cancer in his 70’s, and my other grandpa has had three heart attacks, a triple...

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“We had a major awakening”

By: Chelsea Porter I grew up learning how to shoot a gun and using it to hunt animals. Each year we had pheasant, dove, and the occasional antelope meat in our freezer that my dad, brother, or I most...

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“The Gospel is not weight. It is wings!”

Today I’d like to share the story of one Mormon mother. This person represents many others: good, faithful members of the Church who live with a certain misery and despair over their weight, their...

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“I love eating this way. It makes life so simple.”

By: Perpetue Robert Pardieu All my life my legs and feet have felt really heavy, sometimes swollen, but I never knew why. I remember ten years ago I was praying and asking the Lord for help and He sent...

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“Our health is in our hands”

By: Annalise Jones I grew up in a health conscious family. We used natural health care as much as possible. We never had soda or sugary cereal; desserts were rare. For a family home evening treat we...

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“I felt inspired to give my class ‘The Daniel Challenge'”

By: Christina McIntyre I thought I was living the Word of Wisdom well enough, however I knew I ate too much sugar, almost daily, and for years I have thought about the part of eating meat sparingly....

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“I got a very clear answer”

By: Carolynn Spencer Healthy eating has always been one of my favorite topics and a lifelong passion. I went on my first diet at age 7 by deciding to forego desserts; by the time I was a teenager, I...

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“My wife and I felt a yearning to know God better”

By: Josh Wagner A little over a year-and-a-half ago, my wife Jamie and I felt a yearning to know God better. We began praying for help to make significant changes to be closer to Him and experience...

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