Health Tips - Fish oil or Krill Oil ?
Krill Oil found MORE EFFECTIVE at improving your health than fish oil.
Tiny Creatures. POWERFUL Health Benefits
Are you currently supplementing your diet with Fish Oil?
Did you know that you may be providing a great DISSERVICE to your health and your body?
Fish oil may be effective at improving your health.
But there may be something MORE EFFECTIVE at improving your health than fish oil.
Increasing your essential fatty acid intake, DHA and EPA, may be effective at improving cholesterol levels and other risk factors for heart disease.
And these essential fatty acids can be found in fish oil.
But they may not be fully ABSORBED by your body, therefore robbing your body of the potential HEALTH BENEFITS.
Krill oil, on the other hand, may be absorbed better by your body, possibly increasing your fatty acid levels in your blood.
Let me explain…
Krill Powerful Antioxidants
The structure of fish oil and Krill oil are different.
DHA and EPA found in fish oil are bound by a triglyceride backbone, which may prevent FULL absorption of fish oil.
But the problem: The EPA and DHA may NOT be FULLY absorbed by your body.
In fact, it may be excreted by your intestines, leaving you with very little EPA and DHA in your blood.
The EPA and DHA that is left is then transported to your liver where it is further processed and bound to choline.
This may help EPA and DHA travel through your body and enter into your cells.
But there should be an easier way, right?
There is, and this may be the most overwhelming difference between Krill oil and Fish oil.
The difference in the structural makeup makes Krill oil far SUPERIOR.
Krill oil is attached to a phospholipid backbone.
And if you remember anything from biology, you may recall that your cells contain a phospholipid structure.
This may allow easier transport of DHA and EPA your cell.
But that’s not all!
Krill oil already may contain CHOLINE and ASTAXANTHIN in its structure.
This may allow for better absorption by your body.
This may also prevent FISH BURPS, which you might commonly expect from fish oil.
But be careful, krill and fish oil may equally be rancid.
The one drawback to both krill and fish oil is how it is harvested and manufactured.
If your krill or fish oil have been sitting in barrels for long periods of time, or if improperly handled, this may actually cause degradation of your product.
And no antioxidant has the ability to prevent rancidity.
So if you have ever experienced fish burps after taking your fish oil supplement, then you may need a new supplement.
Look for a product that has passed stringent testing procedures and manufacturing processes.
Let me explain a little bit further about the power of CHOLINE and ASTAXANTHIN…
Astaxanthin is a powerful antioxidant.
It is normally found at the end of EPA molecule.
EPA is one of the fatty acids found in both Krill oil and fish oil.
However, Astaxanthin is NATURALLY found in Krill Oil.
Astaxanthin may prevent EPA and DHA from breaking down and becoming rancid.
This may be one of the BIGGEST advantages Krill oil has over fish oil.
Fish oil lacks this powerful antioxidant, which may lead to breakdown of the fatty acids.
Krill oil may pack a powerful punch with OTHER POWERFUL antioxidants.
Krill oil naturally contains vitamin A, E, and D, plus Astaxanthin.
One way to determine how POWERFUL these antioxidants are is by assessing the ORAC value of the product.
ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorpance Capacity.
It determines how powerful antioxidants are at destroying reactive oxygen species (ROS), or better known as free radicals.
Krill oil may be 47 TIMES MORE POWERFUL than fish oil at stopping free radicals.
The Research
There are many research studies discussing the power of omega-3 fatty acids and your health.
And there are studies regarding the power of Krill oil and your health.
Even though Krill oil has lower levels of EPA and DHA, it ABSORBS more rapidly and may provide more benefits than regular fish oil.
In fact, one study may provide PROOF that krill is more effective.
Researchers in Norway wanted to assess the benefits of both Krill and Fish oil on certain health parameters.
Their results were nothing short than AMAZING.
The study looked at 115 people with normal, or slightly elevated. cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
They were placed in a placebo group (no pills), a fish oil group, or a krill oil group.
They ingested six Krill oil capsules or three fish oil capsules (depending on the group) daily for seven weeks.
In the groups receiving the supplements, they noticed a SIGNIFICANT increase in blood concentrations of EPA and DHA.
However, there was no statistical difference in the changes to blood lipid profiles in either group.
But there was something surprising…
Both Krill oil and fish oil were effective at reducing markers for oxidative stress and inflammation.
However, even though Krill oil contained 62.8% LESS EPA and DHA, they found it to be more EFFECTIVE and POWERFUL than fish oil.
In another study, researchers wanted to assess which could reduce liver triglyceride levels more effectively.
They fed rats a diet enriched with 2.5% Krill oil or 2.5% fish oil.
They found the Krill oil diets lowered hepatic triglyceride levels and cholesterol more effectively than the diets with fish oil.
So can you now see the POWER of Krill oil?
The Power of Krill
There is no doubt you need more omega-3 fatty acids in your diet.
As a whole, we consume more omega-6 fatty acids than we do omega 3’s.
The meats you may consume might be fed a combination of corn and soy feed, which may increase omega-6 fatty acid levels, therefore altering your omega-3 to omega-6 ratio.
High levels of omega-6 fatty acids may increase inflammation, which may lead to a host of chronic diseases.
Finding a good animal or marine source of omega-3 fatty acids has been shown to be more beneficial to your health.
Omega-3 fatty acids may:
• Reduced LDL cholesterol
• Reduced liver triglyceride levels
• Reduce hypertension
• Prevent certain cancers
• Slow or prevent Parkinson’s Disease
• Prevent depression
• Prevent cognitive disorders
• Alleviate PMS symptoms
• and MUCH more…
It should come as no surprise that increasing OMEGA-3 fatty acids may be VITALLY important to your health.
If you do not like fish, or can’t seem to find grass-fed beef anywhere, then your best bet might be to take a Krill Oil supplement.
Including a high-quality Krill oil supplement may increase your dietary EPA and DHA levels.
And this may be beneficial to your HEALTH.
References:
Ulven, SM. Kirkhus, B. Lamqlait, A. Basu, S. Elind, E. Haider, T. Berge, K. Vik, H. Pedersen, JL. Metabolic effects of krill oil are essentially similar to those of fish oil but at lower dose of EPA and DHA in healthy volunteers. Lipids. 2010. Vol. 46(1): pp. 37-46.
Ferramosca, A. Conte, L. Zara, V. A krill oil supplemented diet reduces the activities of the mitochondrial tricarboxylate carrier and of the cytosolic lipogenic enzymes in rats. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. 2011. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2011.01135.x.