Well, it's not really yogurt, and no steroids are involved. It's just a super-duper probiotic-filled, fermented milk full of nutritional goodness. It's easy to make, inexpensive, versatile, and so good for you.
We started drinking kefir several years ago when I was on a quest for simple ways to improve our family's nutrition. Since it's tart, we use it in smoothies, combining it with fruit, or with a protein powder, frozen banana and ice to make something like an ice cream treat.
A daily serving of kefir actually helps to recolonize the intestinal tract with good bacteria - - in a way, it's like repopulating the body with healthy microorganisms so necessary for balance and good health.
We make our kefir by using live grains. The grains look something like a portion of cauliflower that is all gelatinous and squishy. Drop some grains into a quart jar of milk and leave the on the counter to culture for the next 24 hours. The grains I'm using now are small - I only drop about 1/4 tsp into the milk, and I have beautiful kefir in 24 hours. As your grains grow, you can take them apart (just pinch and pull) and freeze individual portions so that you have spares for later. The little boogers go into something like suspended animation - they come to life again when you start actively using them to culture your milk into this health-enhancing elixir.
I had a lot of excess kefir grains at one time in the freezer. I didn't find out until too late that our boys had packed them all together and were attempting to create a football out of them. Knowing they had tested passes and kicks in our yard was just too much for me and I threw the grains out and started over.
You can order live kefir grains from Amazon, or from Dom's kefir site. If you want lots of information about kefir, look up Dom's site.
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