Mic the Vegan checks what's behind the plant-milk warnings
His only new upload separates a nutrient-modeling study from measurements of people eating vegan diets.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Drinking Vegan Milk Results in Deficiency? New Study Response
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- 2:13The research models dairy substitutions rather than measuring nutrient levels in people following vegan diets.
- 3:12Mike presents plant-food sources of calcium and riboflavin and cites research on vegans' nutrient levels.
- 4:36He explains how cattle-feed supplementation and teat disinfectants contribute iodine to dairy milk.
- 6:28He supports mandatory plant-milk fortification while examining warnings about iodine intake.
- 7:56He compares plant-milk fortification practices in the United States and United Kingdom.
Replacing dairy on paper isn't the same as measuring what happens to people. That distinction anchors Mic the Vegan's only new upload, "Drinking Vegan Milk Results in Deficiency? New Study Response", which has drawn about 27,000 views.
Mike responds to a Telegraph headline warning against dropping milk, alongside an ITV News clip featuring researcher Dr. Anne Nugent. His central point is methodological: the study modeled nutrient intake after dairy substitutions rather than testing nutrient levels in people following vegan diets. He also notes that the word vegan does not appear in the study itself.
The response isn't simply a dismissal of fortification. Mike works through calcium, riboflavin and iodine, and supports mandatory fortification of plant milks. The useful question becomes what is in the carton, rather than whether every dairy alternative belongs in the same nutritional category. Viewers pick up that thread, asking why dairy is being compared with unfortified alternatives.
The milk response is the busiest of his highlighted uploads right now. Older videos examining insulin-resistance research and H5N1 risks at mink farms are also adding views, though at a much gentler pace.
Subscribers held steady at 404,000 over the week, while today's viewing pace is below the channel's usual level. Among nearby health channels, ADHD Love is having a substantially bigger week; BrainCraft and Medlife Crisis are also running below their typical daily viewing pace. For Mike, the new milk analysis supplies the week's clearest focus: reading past a dietary warning to examine what the research actually tested.
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Why are we comparing dairy milk against non fortified plant milks?
@smoke-mirrors-z8iSee it on YouTubeAddicted to soymilk and thriving
@jessicajessica7432See it on YouTubeI’m alive and drinking oat milk every single day.
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The videos drawing views on Mic the Vegan right now
- Channel
- Mic the Vegan
- Subscribers
- 404,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 61,816
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- November 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 26,590
- Views on its first day
- 14,205
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