The choice of dishes for breakfast is often difficult: the dish should be prepared quickly, and still be tasty, healthy, not too heavy. All of these criteria are met muesli - a mixture of grains, nuts and dried fruits. A small serving of breakfast cereal is considered ideal for those who are watching their health.

Why do we need breakfast?

Many claim that they could not eat anything in the morning: not yet awakened body accepts only a cup of strong coffee. But nutritionists say that a permanent waiver of breakfast leads to a slowing of metabolism and as a result - to weight gain. The figures are different researchers give different, but the conclusions are always the same: those who want to maintain a slim figure Slim figure: acquire and hold , You need to eat breakfast.

Choose dishes for breakfast can be difficult. As a rule, the time in the morning is too small to with feeling, plainly and emphatically to cook for the family pickles. Such traditional "fast" dishes like scrambled eggs, omelets or sandwiches Sandwiches. Pros and cons   for the first meal fit is not very good: according to nutritionists, breakfast should not be greasy and heavy, but it must contain a sufficient amount of carbohydrates. It carbohydrates can quickly meet the body's need for energy and invigorates.

It is no accident for many centuries, the perfect dish for breakfast porridge was considered. But the pace of life has accelerated, and today few people are ready to get up half an hour earlier to this mess cook. And then come to the aid of muesli.

Food centenarians

At the end of the XIX century Swiss physician, naturopath Max Bircher Benner interested than eat alpine herdsmen, preserving good health into old age. It was found that centenarians are traditionally eaten milled wheat with honey The benefits of honey: tasty recovery , Nuts and berries. Shepherds ate this mixture morning and evening, drinking milk, and charges so that the energy for the whole day.

Back home, the doctor began to experiment with a variety of cereals and fruit. In 1900 he proposed a new dish hospital patients as a basis for a healthy diet. Please cereals began to enter into the diet of patients, and later, in the middle of the last century, this product became interested supporters of healthy eating worldwide.

Muesli is a mixture of cereal bran, nuts, honey, dried fruit. For the preparation of cereal grains not subjected to heat treatment, but only crushed or flattened, thus preserving all beneficial substances. It turns out that raw granola more beneficial to health than traditional porridge. To make the dish even more useful, usually eat cereal with milk, adding to it fresh fruits and berries.

In addition to traditional crude mixtures can be found in the sale of so-called baked muesli. For the preparation of this semi-finished cereal together with honey baked at low temperatures. As a result, the taste of such mixtures is a more saturated and bright.

Benefits of muesli

Muesli - is a valuable source of carbohydrates, and carbohydrates useful, "slow". This means that energy from this breakfast last long, until dinner. In addition, complex carbohydrates do not cause drastic fluctuations in blood sugar, and therefore do not cause weight gain.

Muesli - a real storehouse of vitamins, minerals, fiber and other nutrients. The main ingredient of cereal - oatmeal - are rich in magnesium and phosphorus, they help cleanse the body and help in the fight against atherosclerosis and various diseases of the cardiovascular system. Nuts and seeds contain valuable oil, dried fruits are rich in potassium, and honey contains a large number of trace elements.

Not only is the use of

Muesli is considered to be the ideal product for those who want to lose weight. Probably for this reason, many believe that this dish contains a minimum of calories. But it is enough to read the information on the package, to realize that this is not true.

Caloric muesli quite high - from 200 to 500 kcal per 100 grams. The least dangerous to the usual figures (not fried) cereals with natural fruit sugar. A baked granola with nuts, candied fruit and chocolate can be very tasty, but a dietary product they can hardly be called. Use of such food treats rather lead to weight gain than to its reduction: the amount of fat and sugar in a cereal may be greater than in the liver.

Manufacturers are positioning their products as extremely beneficial to health, but often neglect to mention that in order to improve the taste of the goodies added sugar, salt and flavorings. Some cereals are added as preservatives, which also makes the dish useful. Do not benefit the health and colorful pieces of candied tropical fruits that are so fond add granola.

Thus, before buying cereal necessary to study the composition of the mixture. Preference should be given to natural cereal with dried fruit without added sugar or preservatives. In addition, you can prepare yourself at home muesli. It is cost effective and is a snap.

Muesli with their hands

The basis for the cereals are cereals. You can take a traditional oatmeal and cereal variety for cooking cereals. This should eliminate the use of so-called instant cereals that contain large amounts of sugar and artificial additives. Dieters can add bran cereal.

By the flakes need to add the chopped nuts. It may be almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, walnuts or pine nuts. Keep in mind that the more nuts is added, the higher the calorie muesli. Also nuts, nice add to the mix seeds: sesame, sunflower, pumpkin.

The next step - the addition of dried fruits. It is best to give preference to natural or dried Dried fruits prepared without added sugar. From pieces of papaya and pineapple poisonous shades should be abandoned, preferring raisins, dried apricots, prunes, dates and figs.

Maria Bykov

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