--- description: Nathanael Johnson is a food writer for Grist.org and the author of All Natural: A Skeptic's Quest to Discover If the Natural Approach to Diet, Childbirth, Healing, and the Environment Really Keeps Us Healthier and Happier. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Nathanael Johnson ## Nathanael Johnson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nathanael Johnson is a food writer for Grist.org and the author of [All Natural: A Skeptic's Quest to Discover If the Natural Approach to Diet, Childbirth, Healing, and the Environment Really Keeps Us Healthier and Happier](http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781605290744?&PID=25450). ## Nathanael Johnson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  May 11, 2015 ### [The GMO Controversy Misses the Point](https://time.com/3853556/gmo-controversy-misses-the-point/) Food makers have a long history of using unsubstantiated health claims to sell food [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/nathanael-johnson/","name":"Nathanael Johnson"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/nathanael-johnson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/nathanael-johnson/"},"name":"Nathanael Johnson","jobTitle":null,"description":"Nathanael Johnson is a food writer for Grist.org and the author of All Natural: A Skeptic's Quest to Discover If the Natural Approach to Diet, Childbirth, Healing, and the Environment Really Keeps Us Healthier and Happier.","url":"https://time.com/author/nathanael-johnson/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```