Health benefits of Granola Bars
Granola bar is a crunchy snack loaded with nutrients. Usually a granola bar consists – oats, nuts such as almonds, walnuts and cashews coated with honey and accompanied with dates, resins, and dried fruits
It is often consumed during breakfast but there’s no hard and fast rule that it shouldn’t be consumed at any other part of the day. It offers energy on the go as it is highly nutritious. Granola bars make a great snack when on hiking or camping because of its compact nature which makes it easy to store and carry around. It is the best organic food which is high rich in nutrition.
It comes in various flavors so that the consumers shouldn’t compromise on the flavor factor.
- Granola bars are covered in oats which is a whole grain and it can lower chances of diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes type 2
- Almonds and walnuts present in the granola bar helps in brain development and also prevents from mental conditions such as Alzheimer’s and dementia.
- Dates contain high content of dietary fibers and they’re also rich in antioxidants which boost up the immune system and flushes out harmful bacteria and disease causing agents from the body.
- Honey helps in preventing cancer causing cells as it’s rich in flavonoids and antioxidants, it also helps in soothing gastrointestinal disorders and ulcers.
Granola Bars are famous in Countries like USA, New Zealand and the UK. But slowly it’s also making ripples in the Asian countries such as India & china because of its highly nutritional ingredients and the compact size it got to offer.
It definitely doesn’t replace the traditional breakfast but can be considered as an effective alternative when the need arises during emergencies.
Another factor making Granola bars an instantaneous hit is its pricing , In India we can find a Granola bar costing about Rs30 which isn’t too much considering the goodness it’s offering with such great explosive flavors.
