3Make healthy and delicious probiotic drinks to improve your mood, energy levels, joint function, ligament and skin health, and more

The health benefits of probiotics are no secret--doctors from both the Western and Eastern medicine camps sing the praises of probiotics for their positive effects on digestion, metabolism, and the immune system. Enthusiasts of kombucha--a bubbly probiotic drink now sold regularly in stores from Manhattan delis to Seattle food co-ops--point to its high levels of B vitamins and amino acids. Now you can learn to make kombucha, as well as numerous other probiotic drinks, at home

With clear step-by-step directions, beautiful photographs, and more than seventy-five recipes, this book is the ultimate guide to homemade probiotic drinks. You'll find recipes for:

• Beet kvass
• Rejuvelac & juice
• Lemon ginger kombucha
• Blueberry basil jun
• Lacto-fermented lemonade
• Ginger beer
• Vanilla water kefir
• Chocolate kefir
• Homemade Greek yogurt
• Turmeric kefir lassi
• Pumpkin spice smoothie
• And so much more

Fermenting drinks may seem daunting, but Julia Mueller shows how it can be fun, much more cost-effective than buying ready-made drinks from the store, and delicious