Is muesli as good as porridge?

[swee'pea99]

My mate swears by porridge before a training run. I generally have muesli for breakfast. He insists that it has to be porridge. I say what's muesli but porridge with cold milk instead of hot - and a few nuts 'n raisins. Any thoughts?

 

[welsh dragon]

Muesli looks like something you scrape off the bottom of a bird cage. It would have to be porridge

 

[HLaB]

Nuts and raisin I believe have more energy than energy bars so I can see any disadvantage if you prefer Muesli.

 

[Dusty Bin]

Porridge will give you a far higher ratio of slow release carbs, compared to muesli. Depending on how far or how fast you are intending to ride, you may also be fine with just a bit of toast, or even just a double espresso.

 

[ColinJ]

I think that porridge is probably digested a bit more quickly than muesli, but I don't have any evidence for that, and if you ate your muesli early enough then it would not matter anyway.

I used to have porridge and muesli on alternate mornings until the nuts in the muesli started to batter my dodgy teeth!

 

[coffeejo]

Porridge is so muesli every time.

 

[Crackle]

Oat based Muesli, granola is the trendy term, without sugar and other crap is what I eat. I like porridge too but it tends to glue itself to everything, so granola, fruit and yoghurt for me.

 

[ayceejay]

It depends whether you mean a muesli you have made yourself or a shop bought variety that will have sugar and stuff added.
It also depends whether you have soaked the muesli overnight which is better than eating it raw so to speak.

 

[User482]

I go for porridge with sliced banana and dried fruit mixed in.

 

[screenman]

I go with whatever the chef/wife serves up.

 

[icky]

Porridge with sliced banana and blueberries on days when not at work and fruit granola when out in the wagon . Not a lover of muesli shop bought stuff is packed with sugar

 

[oldroadman]

Porridge (lots) every time, plus toast, honey, banana. All eaten minimum 2 hours plus before start time.Then 30 minutes before the start some high energy fuel plus a double espresso if you can find one and it doesn't upset your stomach.

 

[The Brewer]

Mega melt from Subway

 

[potsy]

Has anyone mentioned ready brek yet?

 

[nappadang]

I think someone called Potsy did, a few posts back

What about bacon, eggs, black pudding, sausages, fried bread and baked beans?

You missed out mushrooms.