Nutrition: The Word of Wisdom

Mormons are often known as people who don't smoke or drink alcohol, coffee or tea. This is part of our church because of a revelation Joseph Smith received in about proper nutrition of the human body. This revelation was far ahead of its time and teaches about wisdom in taking care of our bodies. It came to be known as The Word of Wisdom. You can read the revelation here (Doctrine and Covenants Section 89). We believe that our bodies are gifts from Heavenly Father and that we should do all we can to take care of them and honor them. This doctrine that our bodies come from God is also the reason we avoid tattoos and excessive piercings. We believe that one of the main reasons we came to this earth was to gain a body. Our ultimate goal is to become like our Heavenly Father and we cannot do this without a physical body. He has a body that is perfected and glorified. Someday ours will be too and until then we must try and take care of it as best we can.