packaged foods help in timemanagement but experts say they are killing you slowly mornings are a rushed affair and to make life easy you pour a glass of milk over the cereal that you picked from the supermarket so you think youve had a wholesome meal right not really medical experts say that packaged food even the cereal that you have been assured is healthy the quick fix for the onthego generation is full of chemicals and more often than not completely devoid of nutrients while you may argue that you look for the reassuring words on packets notransfat no preservatives no monosodium glutamate msg experts say that these boxes are full of other hidden ingredients that can pose serious health problems if consumed in the longtermbiscuits killer ingredients refined wheat flour sugar edible vegetable oil milk solids invert syrup raising agents salts emulsifiers vitamins and dough conditionerwhats hiding we already know the toxic effects of refined flour however whats scarier are the high levels of edible vegetable oil in these baked cookies says macrobiotic nutritionist shonali sabherwal edible vegetable oil is nothing but fat as its nutrients have been stripped this loads up the liver which reacts to fat that cannot be processed in the body resulting in a fatty liver and slowing down your body she explains besides invert syrup a mix of both glucose and fructose creates a sense of being full and this sugar also make you crave more sugar so while most products scream no sugar they mean white sugar they still add glucose fructose or for diabetics chemical sweeteners which actually have longterm effects milk solids have also been linked to schizophrenia autism depression and multiple sclerosis ms she addsmueslikiller ingredients invert syrup strawberry crush sugar water strawberry pulp thickener strawberry syrup pineapple crush mango crush apple juice concentrate liquid glucose soy lecithinwhats hiding the label says theres no added sugar but the sugar rush you get from the various syrups added to make this a scrumptious breakfast is perhaps why you probably have been hyperactive if your blood sugar levels are going awry blame it on your breakfast cereals and the extreme sugar rush is not the only cause of worry most packaged muesli contains soy lecithin a byproduct of the soybean oil production studies suggest some of the common sideeffects of soy lecithin used to bind the various ingredients together are change in weight loss and gain loss of appetite occasional nausea dizziness vomiting and confusion besides if you have been advised by your doctor not to eat soya you may just be consuming it unknowingly even in breads shares econutritionist kavita mukhireadytoeatmeals killer ingredients dehydrated vegetables water edible vegetable oil cashewnut salt sugar butter ginger pastewhats hiding physician and cardiometabolic specialist at tardeos bhatia hospital dr hemant thacker says that readytoeat meals are full of dehydrated vegetables which are nutrientempty they are only fibre and calories worse the process of reheating the vegetable kills whatever