Restaurant Calorie Counts: An Obamacare Bonus

You’ve probably already noticed changes in the menus of your favorite chain restaurants: They’ve added calorie counts. The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has its benefits and its drawbacks, but the requirement for restaurant chains to post nutrition information is a stroke of genius. All restaurants with more than 20 stores must now … Read more

How to Identify GMO Frankenfoods

by Kathleen Barnes Laws requiring GMO labeling of foods that contain the are on the ballot in next week’s election in Washington state. It’s unclear how much its chances of passes since food companies have contributed more than $20 million toward its defeat. Whatever happens in Washington state, most states do not require GMO labeling, … Read more

Monsanto ponies up to defeat GMO labeling

by Kathleen Barnes Will I ever stop writing about Monsanto, its GMOs and other shenanigans? Probably not, at least not this week. In the latest outrage, Monsanto has written a $4.6 million check and raised pledges for millions more from interested parties, to defeat Washington state’s GMO labeling initiative on the November ballot. The Monsanto … Read more

the gormley files

Dieticians and Efforts to Monopolize Nutrition

by James J. Gormley, The Gormley Files  blog Editor’s Note: This column by James Gormley is the first of many guest opinions and informational articles I’ll be presenting you as Natural Living Now expands its scope. James Gormley is a health journalist, health freedom advocate and author of Health at Gunpoint: The FDA’s Silent War Against … Read more

wheat

GM wheat breakout results in Asian market ban

by Kathleen Barnes South Korea and Japan have banned wheat grown in the Pacific Northwest from their markets and announced that U.S. wheat crops will undergo increased scrutiny after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement that wheat grown in the United States has been contaminated by genetically modified (GM) strains found growing wild on a … Read more