People say 60 ingredient smoothie shown in Netflix documentary 'sounds awful'

Masses of Netflix viewers can't stop talking about the streaming platform's new documentary because of its 60 ingredient smoothie. Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut, is a documentary about the way your gut's health contributes to your overall wellbeing.

During the documentary, a woman tried out a 60 ingredient smoothie that includes 60 different foods. From potatoes and Brussel sprouts to blueberries and carrots, the smoothie is said to improve your digestion and gut health when drank everyday.

In the clip, computer scientist Rob Knight explains: "Inspired by our findings, one of my colleagues decided to start drinking smoothies with 60 different kinds of plants a day." The expert says after a few months, his colleague's gut health became much more healthy and diverse compared to how it was when he first started.

Chef Maya Okada Erickson can be seen making the smoothie herself and testing out its taste. While cutting up the fruit and veg, she admits: "My first thought is who has the time to do this."

After taking a sip, she adds: "It's actually not that bad. It's fine. It tastes healthy." Many viewers have been keen to try the smoothie out themselves and have been trying to find the full list online.

On Reddit, viewers shared the original recipe after finding it on Maya's Instagram account. The list of ingredients includes:

1. water

2. red lettuce

3. green lettuce

4. purple kale

5. green kale

6. lacinato kale

7. carrot top greens

8. orange carrots

9. purple carrots

10. mint

11. parsley

12. cilantro

13. fresh ginger

14. baby tomatoes

15. Roma Tomato

16. radish

17. carrots

18. zucchini

19. avocado

20. Brussels sprouts

21. potato

22. dried goji berries

23. red grapes

24. blueberries

25. banana

26. dates

27. fig

28. apple

29. pear

30. persimmon

31. green grapes

32. mango

33. dried apricot

34. pomegranate

35. peach

36. lemon zest

37. lemon juice

38. broccoli

39. squash

40. guava

41. sweet potato

42. russet Potato

43. Swiss Chard

44. beetroot

45. quince

46. orange

47. sweet pepper

48. green pepper

49. dandelion Greens

50. Bob's Red Mill Hemp Protein

51. Manitoba harvest hemp hearts

52. sprouted pumpkin seeds

53. Sunfood Supergreens and Protein

54. flax seeds

55. Biohm's probiotic super greens

56. psyllium

57. Now Fibre 3

58. Vital whey protein

59. Garden of Life Organic Fibre

60. insulin fibre

One Reddit user replied: "POTATO? I haven’t seen the documentary but potato in a smoothie?" A second put: "Probably tastes awful, but I really want to try it just to say I did. Thanks!"

A third added: "60 is a lot. I can’t imagine the effort required to gather 60 different veggies to store and process them for a smoothie. I’m aiming at 30 mixed in as multiple side dishes and morning smoothies."

The cost alone of buying all these ingredients frequently to make the smoothie would be very high, due to majority of the ingredients being fresh. The price of one avocado alone in the UK can cost approximately 65p - and that is just one ingredient out of 60.