The Word of Wisdom
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- Scriptural definition of the Word of Wisdom.
- Jed Woodworth, "Revelations in Context: The Word of Wisdom", Church History, 11 June 2013
- Great historical context for the Word of Wisdom.
- A doctor discusses scientific evidence supporting the Word of Wisdom.
- Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith", p. 108
- Upon hearing of a man who froze to death under the influence of alcohol, Joseph Smith laments the terrible toll alcohol takes from the men who abuse it.
- Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith", p. 118 +footnote
- "No official member in this Church is worthy to hold an office after having the word of wisdom properly taught him; and he, the official member, neglecting to comply with and obey it."
- Jena Pincott, "What's in a Face", Psychology Today, November 5, 2012
- "Mordar" isn't foolproof, but it's statistically significant
- Lizzie Parry, "Smoking cannabis ALTERS your DNA 'causing mutations that can trigger serious illness, including cancer'", Daily Mail, 24 May 2016
- Maria Cheng, "Very hot drinks are 'probably carcinogenic'", KSL, 15 Jun 2016
- Sara G. Miller, "Alcohol can cause certain cancers, study says", Fox News, 22 Jul 2016
- "Study: Secondhand Marijuana Smoke Worse Than Cigarettes", CBS Pittsburgh, 28 Jul 2016
- Xiaozhou Fan, Brandilyn A. Peters, Eric J. Jacobs, Susan M. Gapstur, Mark P. Purdue, Neal D. Freedman, Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Jing Wu, Liying Yang, Zhiheng Pei, Richard B. Hayes and Jiyoung Ahn, "Drinking alcohol is associated with variation in the human oral microbiome in a large study of American adults", Microbiome, 24 April 2018
- Alcohol consumption tends to kill off good mouth bacteria in favor of bad mouth bacteria.
- "Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016", The Lancet, 23 Aug 2018
- Drinking hot drinks found to be correlated with esophageal cancer.
- Adam Ragusea, "Does Alcohol Really Burn Off When Cooked?", YouTube, 20 May 2019
- Great video, and although his moral philosophizing at the end is pompously delivered, he's asking the right kind of question for figuring out how we want to apply the law to ourselves.