Clearing up confusion over iodine in milk

Summary

Cow’s milk is not a natural source of iodine. It is fortified, at the cow, notes Dale Vince of the Green Britain Foundation You report that scientists say moving even partly from dairy products to vegan alternatives could lead to deficiencies in iodine and other micronutrients if the substitutes are not fortified ( Swapping from dairy to plant-based milk, cheese and yoghurt ‘could lead to micronutrient deficiencies’, 4 November ). To be clear, cow’s milk is not a natural source of iodine. It is fortified, at the cow. As the paper published in the Lancet Planetary Health explains, iodine is in…

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