casei Shirota (LCS).

casei Shirota（LCS）。

The company claims that the bacteria is resistant to the harsh environment of the stomach, and

該公司聲稱，這種細菌對胃的惡劣環境有抵抗力，而且

is able to reach the gut alive.

是能夠活著到達腸道的。

Once in the intestines, they act to exert various beneficial effects, which retain and

一旦進入腸道，它們就會發揮各種有益的作用，從而保留和

promote intestinal health.

促進腸道健康。

First of all, the amount of probiotic in a bottle of yYakult is minuscule comparing to

首先，一瓶yyakult中的益生菌數量與其他產品相比微不足道。

the vast amount of good bacteria inside us already.

我們體內已經有大量的好細菌。

The company claims each bottle of Yakult has over 6.5 billion LCS in them.

該公司聲稱，每瓶養樂多中有超過65億個LCS。

Sounds like a lot right?

聽起來很多，對嗎？

Let's be generous and round it up to 10 billion, let's make it more.

讓我們慷慨地把它四捨五入到100億，讓我們把它變成更多。

And let's assume all 10 billion survive and travel to the intestine, what will they

讓我們假設所有100億人都存活下來，並進入腸道，他們會是什麼？

see?

看到了嗎？

100 TRILLION good bacteria residing there saying hello to them, 10,000 times than the

100 TRILLION良好的細菌居住在那裡向他們打招呼，比10,000倍的

lonely LCS brought by yakult.

孤獨的LCS由yakult帶來。

It would be like hiring just 1 more man in a 10,000-person construction site, sure it

這就像在一個10,000人的建築工地上只多僱了一個人一樣，當然它

helps, but the amount of help it can offer is minimal comparing to the busy work the

有所幫助，但它所能提供的幫助比起那些繁忙的工作來說是微不足道的。

originals are already offering.

原作者已經在提供。

Furthermore.

此外。

The 100 trillion are represented by some 5,000 different strains of bacteria.

這100萬億是由大約5000個不同的細菌菌種代表的。

We still don't know exactly what many of which do other the fact that they are good

我們仍然不知道其中許多人的確切作用，只是知道他們是好的。

for us, and the composition of the strains are different from individuals to individuals.

對我們來說，菌種的構成因人而異。

And now Yakult throws in ONE single strain of bacteria (LCS) and claims that it can retain

現在，養樂多加入了一株單一的細菌（LCS），並聲稱它可以保持

and promote intestinal health.

並促進腸道健康。

It would be like you are making a giant dish and there's already 5,000 ingredients, and

這就好比你在做一道大菜，已經有5000種材料，而

someone rushes in and adds one single pinch of something new in it and claims that it

有人衝進來，在其中加入一撮新東西，並聲稱它是

helps making the dish as delicious as it is.

有助於使這道菜像它一樣美味。

In principle yah it helps, and it certainly does change the composition of the dish, but

原則上是有幫助的，而且它確實改變了菜餚的成分，但

the help and change are virtually unnoticeable because of the vast amount of ingredients

因為有大量的成分，所以幫助和變化幾乎是不可察覺的。

that already exist.

已經存在的。

We are not claiming Yakult is bad for your health.

我們並不是說養樂多對你的健康不好。

What we are suggesting here is that even if the beverage works as it is advertised, the

我們在此建議的是，即使飲料像廣告中所說的那樣運作，但

effect will probably be so minuscule that it's not worth it.

效果可能會很微弱，不值得。

As Scientific America put it “The majority of studies to date have failed to reveal any

正如《科學美國》所說："迄今為止，大多數研究都沒有發現任何

benefits (of consuming probiotic supplements) in individuals who are already healthy.”

在已經健康的個人中（食用益生菌補充劑）的好處"。

If you have constipation or other intestinal disease, or recently take a lot of antibiotic

如果你有便祕或其他腸道疾病，或最近服用大量的抗生素

that wipes away a lot of your good bacteria, taking Yakult probably can help a little.

抹去你的很多好細菌，服用養樂多可能會有一點幫助。

But if you are already healthy, like most of us.

但如果你已經很健康，像我們大多數人一樣。

Yakult probably wont do anything to you other than giving you a Coke can worth of sugar.

養樂多可能不會對你做任何事情，除了給你一罐可樂的糖。

To drink or not, the decision in yours.

喝或不喝，決定權在你。