Muesli bars: tasty, simple and healthy

Now more and more people are trying to switch to a healthy diet. A product called "muesli bar" has gained particular popularity. This is partly due to the numerous advertisements on television and on the Internet. What is the use of this product and can you make muesli yourself?

Muesli bars - what are their benefits

These bars were originally created as a dietary product. They were developed by a doctor from Switzerland M. Benner at the very beginning of the 20th century. Later, cereal bars became popular with all those who followed a healthy diet. This product reached its peak of popularity by the 60s of the last century.

This dessert is still topping the list of the most bought products from the healthy food line. But recently, the benefits of these bars began to be refuted. Moreover, experts have appeared who claim that this product does not bring anything to the body except harm.

Yet muesli has many benefits:

• They are very convenient on the road and do not require special storage conditions. They are inexpensive and long-lasting.
• Due to their high energy value, these bars have become an excellent substitute for a full breakfast. They are delicious, relieve hunger for a long time and do not require cooking.
• Muesli contains many components, which means that there is all the necessary supply of useful microelements.
• Unlike ordinary porridge, where the grains are subject to heat treatment and therefore have lost a significant part of their nutritional value, all the beneficial properties of the grains are preserved in muesli bars.
• Unprocessed grain has an excellent effect on intestinal motility and normalizes the activity of the gastrointestinal tract.
• Grains are an excellent source of fiber, which is essential for the normal metabolic process in the body. Under the influence of fiber, fats are broken down and the concentration of cholesterol decreases.
• Grains contain a lot vitamins belonging to group B, trace elements calcium and magnesium. The list of ingredients of the bar almost always includes nuts, which contain many polyunsaturated fatty acids that have a positive effect on health and appearance.
• There are also many vitamins in dried fruits, which are usually included in the components of the bar.
• The process of digesting muesli takes a long time. As a result, you will feel full for a long time. Muesli contains both fast and slow acting carbohydrates, so you will not have sudden spikes in blood glucose.
• Muesli bars can become a substitute for harmful snacks and remove the craving for sweets.

Muesli bars calorie content

At the heart of any muesli bar are cereals in the form flakes... In addition to them, they must include additives - dried fruits, nuts, dried berries, and so on.

Despite all the useful qualities, certain types of bars should still be abstained from. This applies primarily to bars with chocolate or chocolate icing, honey or fats and coconut flakes. All of these supplements carry extra calories that don't help you get lean.

Muesli bars are high in calories. Some of their types have up to 500 kcal for every hundred grams of product. If sugar, honey or chocolate is added to the bar, then the calorie content increases even more.

Homemade muesli bar

Before making homemade muesli bars, you need to choose the ingredients. For example, you can use fruit puree instead of butter. In this case, the bar will have a delicate taste and pleasant aroma. The main rule is to respect the proportions. For the rest, you can replace the flakes with mixtures, seeds with nuts and supplement all this with your favorite dried fruits.

Place in a large bowl 250 g of oatmeal flakes, 4 large spoons each of peeled pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds, 2 large spoons of sesame seeds and 50 g each of yellow and black raisins. Cut 100 g of dates and dried apricots into small pieces, remove bones from dates. Now mix both parts. Puree 150 g each strawberry and blackberry and pass it through a sieve. Grate one medium apple and mix with berry puree. Add the resulting mass to the rest of the mixture. Separately mix 70 g of honey and 60 g of butter and heat over low heat to form a syrup. Toss with other ingredients.

Now put baking paper in the dish and put the prepared mixture in it, tamping well. Place the dish in the oven and bake at 150 degrees for about 30 minutes.

Cool the finished bar. Then pour over the pre-melted chocolate and put in the cold for several hours.