Does Anyone Here Use a Fiber Product Regularly for Any Reason?

[Happyflowerlady]

I like the meusli also, and read about the Bircher-Benner way of making it, where they added chopped up raw apples, and that was how I made mine.
If you leave the muesli to soak overnight, or even for as little as a half hour, it will soften up enough for you to eat it that way. There are a lot of recipe videos on youtube for overnight oats, and they work the same with using muesli.

I have been reading the Wheat Belly book by Dr. William Davis, and he says that most wheat now (in the US) is GMO and not healthy for us to eat.
Other grains might be more GMO now as well, so I am also moderating my grain consumption from all kinds of grains while I am researching this information.

 

[Devi]

Ok...so you're not cooking them?
Do the oats soften from just sitting in the milk?

Correct — we're not cooking them. The oats are actually pretty soft anyway, so cooking is not necessary. And the milk also helps, although the oats don't sit in milk very long before we start eating — however long it takes to bring the bowls from the kitchen to our office (where I like to eat) ... maybe a couple of minutes.

One could also use other fruit ... maybe dried cranberries, or something of that sort ... and other nuts.

As to GMO grains ... we eat organic just about everything. It's important that one's food is healthy, not just cheap "food-like substances", as I think of them. The reason "regular" food is so cheap is that they've cut corners in producing it, so you get what you pay for. For instance, vegetables grown in fields where they're sprayed them with herbicides and pesticides (and the plants will soak that stuff up) really aren't good for you. But they're cheap!

 

[Devi]

Here's what Bob's Red Mill says about serving their muesli, which is non-GMO verified (and $7.50 USD a package):

Old Country Style Muesli is a tasty traditional European-inspired muesli cereal made from a blend of whole grain wheat, rolled oats, raisins, almonds and walnuts. Enjoy cold as a breakfast cereal with milk, hot like oatmeal, or the traditional Swiss way–mixed with yogurt and grated apple and soaked in the refrigerator overnight.
Old Country Style Muesli​

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We make ours ourselves with organic ingredients, and it's much cheaper than $7.50 a package. Plus we don't have to wait for it to arrive.

 

[dilettante]

Cautions:

 

[officerripley]

I was recently diagnosed with Diverticulosis (and sometimes Diverticulitis) and you need fiber but have to be careful about the kind of fiber. Apparently when you have that condition, there is "good" fiber and "bad" fiber: the bad fiber is hard, like nuts, seeds, fresh fruits and veggies (especially leafy veggies like most lettuces), and whole grains. The good fiber is basically cream of wheat cereal, white rice, and canned fruits and veggies. The article I read admitted that those items have less nutrients than the whole grains and the fresh fruits and veggies but the fiber in the whole grains and fresh fruits and veggies is just too harsh for Diverticulosis people.