Water Kefir is amazingly good for you. It is naturally antibiotic and antifungal, and contains a variety of healthy bacteria and yeast, as well as vitamins and minerals. WaterKefirGrains.com has a whole list of the benefits, but there's nothing bad about it. Natural detox and rebalance, what more can you ask for? Once you have the grains, they will multiply and potentially live forever. You can buy grains online, or you can get 1/4 cup of grains from someone that already has live water kefir. Lucky for me, my sister is my source for all healthy and random foods, and gave me water kefir grains a couple months ago. Store the water kefir grains in water in the fridge. To make water kefir: Drain and rinse the grains. In a quart sized mason jar (or other glass jar with a tight fitting lid), dissolve 1/4 cup sugar in water. Add in the grains, 1/4 lemon, 1/4 cup of raisins. You can use a variety of different fruits. Don't be intimidated ...
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