Day 214: Yakult

     "Yakult is a Japanese probiotic milk-like product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacterium Lactobacillus casei Shirota." At least that's what Wikipedia had to say about it. All I knew was that it advertised that it would help keep the balance between beneficial and harmful bacteria in the stomach, it was only $3.00 for five bottles, and I would be able to count it as a challenge. The label on the side of the bottle says that there are 6.5 billion bacteria, which is enough to replenish the good bacteria levels in the digestive system. So I bought it and drank one. It smelt pretty good, I wasn't too fond of the taste but it wasn't anything horrible. Apparently there is no color added into the bottle, so the caramelized milky color I was looking at was the real deal. Mac tried a bottle and concluded that it was not only delicious, but it tasted like "brown marshmallows". We enjoyed our yakult and felt good about helping out our digestive system.