donal oneill is an independent documentary filmmaker who has covered wide arrays of topics related to health and fitness from last six years in his documentaries coming from sports family background with no bad habits bewildered him seeing his loved ones becoming victims of modern diseases this made him dig deep in to the limitations of medical industrydonals debut feature length documentary cereal killers focuses on unhealthy breakfast cereals which has replaced traditional foods around the globe cornflakes were created by mistake and the reasons to sell them have detrimental repercussions he adds i look at food like ghee in india and sacred foods from other cultures which have been unfortunately displaced by modern marketing techniques and artificial options like vegetable oil or sunflower oil we are losing the touch of wisdom from our ancestors who didnt need doctors because they never got sick and lived long healthy lives cereals contain high amount of sugar which is way more than the recommended intake of five teaspoons by world health organizationnowadays people prefer cereals in the morning thinking its healthy and takes less time to prepare but its not enough for the body so they are hungry again in few hours instead a goodfat based meal would solve the problem of overeating also there is a myth to have huge quantities of protein to maintain a healthy diet but too much can cause some serious damage to the body diseases like cancer osteoporosis and obesity are one of the few issues that are partly caused by high doses of animal protein in certain cases however egg is the greatest source of proteins and amino acids breakfast is an important meal of the day as it peps up the entire body to function for the next twelve hours two to three eggs or vegetables with coconut oil for breakfast are ideal to understand processed food that claims to be healthy one must read the ingredients of the product and if it has more than one ingredient its an artificially contrived food like breakfast cereals all these low fat products have sugars sweeteners and artificial additives imagine having cornflakes which is high in sugar added with processed low fat milka disasterfats are important for the body but the products all over the world have brainwashed health conscious eaters that fats are bad according to donal oneill fats are good especially fatty acids protect from heart diseases and high blood pressure and fat doesnt make you fat for instance half bowl of rice with more ghee is much tastier and healthier than full bowl of rice on its own oneill says people need to understand that fat is not only nourishing but also much more satiating besides fats protein is the next best option whereas carbohydrates and sugars continually make you hungry and thats a big problem todaydonal oneill worked closely with renowned uks cardiologist dr aseem malhotra for his documentary the big fat fix before donal was on his way to india to