Muesli – Cheap Copy Instead Of Healthy Original Food?

When, around a hundred years ago, the Swiss doctor Maximilian Bircher-Benner surprised the previously rather sluggish nutritional therapy with a horrible-looking porridge madea from soaked grain and grated apples, mixed with lemon juice, milk and nuts, hardly anyone had seriously thought that a century Later, entire legions of athletes and non-athletes would declare the so-called muesli to be their main food.

Healthy Muesli

The slimy porridge has now become the ultimate symbol of healthy eating and has also become a globally recognized breakfast option that should not be missing from any health-conscious breakfast table.

Muesli is not only healthy, but also really filling. In addition to the important fiber, it also contains vitamins, minerals and even trace elements in considerable quantities.

As a rule, most mueslis consist primarily of oats, which, by the way, have twice as much protein as other types of grain and also have a high proportion of fiber and minerals.

If you appreciate being able to enjoy your food as it is, it's best to use the original recipe from Dr. Bircher back. His original mix consists of a generous portion of oat flakes, grated apples, water, lemon juice, a little milk and grated nuts.

Prepare Your Own Muesli

Of course, the muesli tastes best when you put it together yourself. This isn't particularly difficult, provided you have a store near you that sells natural products, otherwise you'll have at best a copy of the cereal but not a real, healthy product in your bowl.

The muesli tastes tastiest when served with freshly ground grain. However, if you don't have the time or don't feel like mixing your muesli yourself, you can also buy a finished product in most natural food stores, which also contains the most important nutrients.

Industrial Muesli

Unfortunately, in recent years, muesli manufacturers have been increasingly influenced by the difficult competitive situation and have tried to reduce production costs in favor of quality. The effects can be found on supermarket shelves. Box after box full of cheap but mostly low-quality muesli mixes are stacked there. But there is hardly any talk of the much-vaunted full value anymore.

These chocolate or crunchy mueslis have now largely replaced the traditional grain and fruit mixtures. In most cases, however, the cheap products do not contain a lot of added sugar and fat, which is why they taste more like desserts and,can be considered as such.

My Cereal

So if you decide to incorporate muesli into your daily diet, then you would do well to buy the ingredients from places where nature is valued. If you find a lot of added sweeteners, hydrogenated fats, whey products or skimmed milk powder on the ingredients list of your ready-made muesli, then steer clear and head to the health food store.

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