6 reviews for “Bircher Muesli”

• review by: Gabby67

  15 Mar 2016 at 10:36

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  I would love to give this a try but could not find how many calories ?

• review by: Bizibee

  15 Mar 2016 at 11:48

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  This is delicious. However, it’s not low carb or low cal. It has approx 680 cals, 84 grams of carb, sugars about 33g, 2g of fat and 29g protein. Obviously if you split the recipe between two people each of those is halved, but that’s still a lot of carbs. Michael Mosley’s own take in the book on this has NO oats. 2 tbsps yogurt, 1 tbsp raisins, ditto of walnuts, 2 tbsps ground flaxseed and 50 ml apple juice. By contrast this has 180 cals and much lower carb, higher protein balances. If you’re trying to keep cals and carbs down, this is not a recipe for this diet. Even for maintenance after the 8 weeks, you’d want to be careful how much carb you had in later meals.

• review by: orchid

  16 Mar 2016 at 17:21

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  I agree with Bizibee, the recipe posted is high in everything we need to avoid. However, I was surprised at the calorie count in the one from Michaels book, 180 cals sounded too low for anything with 2tbs of ground flaxseed. I put it all into my calculator which uses grams for most things (measured a tbs of each and then weighed that amount to get the exact grams). The recipe – using a low fat yoghurt, is 278 cals a portion; 9 grams protein, 17 grams fats and 21 grams carbohydrates. I suspect the flaxseeds should be teaspoons not tablespoons and that would take about 80 cals off of the total (does not change the carbs, but reduces fat and protein.
  I have modified the muesli recipe that I loved from the 5:2 book, removing the oats, oat bran and ground almonds. Mines uses 60 grams greek yoghurt, 30 grams blueberries, 3 grams flax seeds, 3 grams pumpkin seeds, 3 grams sunflower seeds, plus 3 almonds shopped and a pinch of cinnamon. That comes in at 166 cals, 6 grams protein, 12 grams fats, 10 grams carbs. I am vegetarian so need to look at ways of increasing protein – thus the Greek Yoghurt and nuts. It was also the first time I have not used a low fat option and yes, it keeps me full for 4 -5 hours comfortably.

• review by: Titanne

  18 Mar 2016 at 17:04

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  My mother was Swiss, and we had what I thought was real Bircher muesli very regularly. It contained rolled oats, grated apple, a few raisins, and a sprinkle of almond slivers or other nuts. Then she poured over home made yoghurt made with semi-skimmed milk (I think), and mixed the whole thing and left it to stand for a few hours so the oats would absorb the yoghurt and other ingredients’ flavours.
  I don’t think you can call it Bircher muesli if you don’t add oats!
  However, I have managed to make it, using the Patrick Holford principles last year, with not too much oats (can’t remember just how much but probably something like 30 to 40 grams), adding raisins, half a grated apple, some flax seed and almond slivers, and scooping a few tablespoons of soya yoghurt into it – no milk – and leaving it to rest overnight in the fridge.
  I am new to this diet, but I get the feeling that Dr Mosley and Patrick Holford are singing from the same hymn sheet, and there are always ways in which we can adapt to the calorie and carbs rules…
  The best thing I can do is to work it out and let you all know.

• review by: muncher

  22 Apr 2016 at 16:27

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  This is most definitely not a low carb recipe. Please don’t try it if you’re serious about lowering your blood sugar.

• review by: Beanie

  15 Feb 2017 at 23:48

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  Not low carb