A wonderful healthy approach to get the healthy bacteria into your diet is via water kefir. Water kefir offers a milk free alternative to commonly used milk kefir. The only real differences in the preparation of water kefir in comparison to milk kefir are the liquid used and the grains themselves. This piece of writing explores more of what water kefir is, how to keep the grains alive and well, and how uncomplicated and cheap it is to prepare at home.