Category: Iodine

One cup of bottled orange juice has 21 mcg iodine on average, while an orange itself only has 0.2 mcg. It takes something like four oranges to make a cup of orange juice, so you wouldn’t expect more than 0.8 mcg iodine in a cup. So where does that 21 mcg iodine come from? It…

Did you know that modern diets are more likely to contain too much iodine than too little, and that excess iodine is a known risk for thyroid disease, which is alarmingly common? Table salt has iodine added to it, but what might surprise you is that eggs and dairy now contain too much iodine. The…

Iodine in milk has skyrocketed since the 1970’s, and that excess iodine could be contributing to thyroid disease. It may be hurting the cows too. In 1927, 1 cup of milk had about 14 mcg iodine. (source) Today, 1 cup of milk averages 85 mcg iodine. (source) Milk has become probably the main source of…

It’s hard to find dairy products that are lower in iodine. Very few people are aware of the excess iodine issue at the moment, but we hope that is about to change! We know of one source for low iodine dairy products, which is Nourish Cooperative. They don’t use iodine sanitizers, or feed anything containing…