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This 2011 photo shows cans of Coca-Cola and Diet Coke. Caffeinated drinks may not be particularly good for the body, but they drinking them doesn't violate the Latter-day Saints' Word of Wisdom.The Mormon Land newsletter is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Support us on
and get the full newsletter, exclusive access to Tribune subscriber-only religion content and podcast transcripts.This first news tidbit is brought to you in honor of this past Monday’sJust Dew it, Latter-day Saints. As in glug a Mountain Dew. Or down a Dr Pepper. Or pound a Pepsi. Or quaff a Coke. Despite what many snippy outsiders and nitpicking insiders think. There is no general church proscription against faithful members consuming caffeinated sodas.forbids “hot drinks.” Yes, church leaders have stated that means swearing off coffee or tea. And, yes, coffee and tea have caffeine. But that dictate doesn’t extend the scriptural health code’s prohibition to all caffeinated products.
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