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This is because in France, in the past 20 years, we completely lost the simple "Müsli". In Germany, we still have them and this is in our family our base breakf
by Loic 3y ago
This is because in France, in the past 20 years, we completely lost the simple "Müsli". In Germany, we still have them and this is in our family our base breakfast from Monday to Friday. But effectively, in France, I cannot find Müsli without added sugar.
- ilyt 3y agoEven that... isn't great. Certainly step up from "just a bunch of carbohydrates" but not exactly super healthy either.
- Etheryte 3y agoThere is nothing wrong with carbohydrates, it's over consuming them that's the problem. Müsli without added sugar can easily be a part of a well balanced diet. It's basically just a different form of oatmeal.
- donatj 3y agoCarbohydrates are just sugar your body has to work a little bit to unlock first, but they’re just sugar. They’re really not much better for you than raw sugar, they’re just slow dose. They’ll spike your insulin a little less, but ask a diabetic, the overall difference isn’t a ton. Fiber is a carbohydrate the body can’t digest so you can generally subtract them when figuring, but beyond that carbohydrates alone are just sugar as far as your body is concerned.
- brianwawok 3y agoOk. You eat a sugar cereal every morning, and I’ll keep eating my old fashioned old meal with no sugar. Let’s compete weight and A1C in 10 years.
- infinite8s 3y agoAs is everything in biochemistry, the absorption rate sets the response. 5g of sugar that can only be digested over the course of hours is much different than 5g of sugar that can be digested in minutes.
- hashmal 3y agoSo basically you're advocating for a keto diet for everyone and every time? That's silly. Carbs are not intrinsically bad. Also, all sugars are carbs but all carbs aren't sugar. Don't take shortcuts.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Carbs are not intrinsically bad No, but most people shouldn’t be consuming it as a ritual.
- Loic 3y agoYou are definitely not French :-) Food preparation and lunch is a ritual for us. But, I will also add that in the primary school we had to learn how to balance a diet over a full week. Because you cannot balance on a single day...
- Scarblac 3y agoBut the fiber content makes you feel sated sooner, so you are likely to eat less of it than sugar. And musli isn't processed as much as other breakfast cereals. We don't know what causes it yet, but there's a clear correlation between eating highly processed foods and obesity.
- Almondsetat 3y agoWhere are you getting at? What is the point of your reply?
- postmodest 3y agoCarbohydrate intake has many factors including 'speed of processing' which is retarded by the presence of fiber and fat. So while a serving of muesli might 30g of carbohydrates it also will have 5g of fat and fiber and protein, which affects how fast your insulin levels rise and how high the spike.
- Aunche 3y agoIf muesli were simply a slightly better carb, that would make fruit the same. The fiber and more complex sugars are what make you feel fuller and glucose levels less volatile.
- boxed 3y agoYou might be confused about what musli is..
- orangepurple 3y agoI make Müsli in America where it effectively does not exist Muesli formula: 4 cups grains + 1 1/2 cups nuts/seeds + 1/2 cup dried fruit Grains: Rolled oats, wheat bran, whole rye, whole barley, sorghum flakes, quinoa flakes, millet puffs, millet flakes. Nuts/seeds: Sliced almonds, walnuts, cashews, pecans, pistachios, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, pepitas, chia seeds, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, unsweetened coconut flakes. Dried fruit: Dried apricots, dried cherries, dried figs, raisins, golden raisins, currants, apple chips.
- edu 3y agoI do the same in Spain, although stores usually have some without added sugar. I buy the grains and cook them in an air fryer. Takes about 5 minutes prep and 20 for cooking, then expand them in a tray for cooling. I don’t use dried fruits though
- sanderjd 3y agoYeah it's easy to put together from one's preferred ingredients. But we stopped making it because all the ingredients are expensive.
- Angostura 3y agoBe interesting to see how that scores, given that a quarter of it is dried fruit.
- orangepurple 3y agoFruit with its fiber is still superior to fruit juice or syrups lacking fiber. Fermenting the fructose in the gut is essential with fiber is essential to neutralizing the fructose.
- cpsempek 3y agoYum. Interesting, wonder where you are that there is no muesli? I'm in CA and can get muesli at my local Trader Joe's and Whole Foods.
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- amelius 3y agoWhile in France, the Müsli I found in supermarkets tasted like crumbled cookies with milk. Which is a really weird thing to eat for breakfast.
- VK538FY 3y agoI buy simple müesli without added sugar in the cheapest Swiss grocery store. Mix it with some yogourt and fruit. Mostly yogourt and the fruit distracts my mind from the cardboard taste. In fact, I don't pretend that the grains are healthy: they are in my yogourt because they are very useful for regularity. I shit like a triceratops afterwards.
- j-a-a-p 3y agoIn the Netherlands basic müsli is still popular after many decades. I swapped it for just a handful of nuts with three spoons greek (10% fat) yoghurt plus a double espresso. Super fast and lets me skip lunch. If I add carbs, like with müsli, it would be more difficult to skip lunch.
- Kretinsky 3y agoYou can totally find unsweetened oats in France, just head to the organic department. Carrefour has some pretty ok oats for instance. Here, the cheapest kind: https://www.carrefour.fr/p/cereales-flocons-d-avoine-carrefour-3560070614202 https://www.carrefour.fr/p/cereales-flocons-d-avoine-carrefo...
- mrjh 3y agoMuesli isn’t just plain oats. Muesli is a mixture which contains CEREALS (e.g. oats, wheat, barley) dried FRUIT (e.g. sultanas, raisins, dates) and NUTS (e.g. almonds, hazelnuts). Here’s an example of a typical British muesli… https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jordans-Natural-Muesli-Kg-Pack/dp/B0077PQHL2 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jordans-Natural-Muesli-Kg-Pack/dp/B... And here’s the Wikipedia entry… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muesli https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muesli
- Kretinsky 3y agoWhat prevents you from buying those separately and mixing them? You can also find nuts and dried fruits.