Comments on: Krill Oil 48x Better Than Fish Oil?

By: Doug Parra

Doug Parra — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:56:52 +0000

Does anyone have links to the actual full research on krill oil? I know the University of Western Ontario and McMaster Universitiy did a krill oil study. Does anyone know who funded the study or any of the studies done on fish and krill oil? The fish/krill oil industry is a 5 Billion dollar a year industry so people are pushing these oils for a reason. I am curious why everyone thinks we need omega 3 especially since we can make our own omega 3 fatty acids from meade acid an omega 9 fatty acid. Has anyone given it any thought as to how homosapiens got access to omega 3 oils from fish over the last 200,000 years of our evolution? Just 10,000 years ago we were still hunting and gathering and depending on where you were on the planet, not to mention it was much easier to find land animals for food than it was to fish, water was not easily accessible to go fishing. How did we fish way back then? Did we fish? What proof do we have of that? Or that fish was a major source of food for Neanderthal? My point is we have survived hundreds of thousands of years without fish oil being “essential” to our diets so why do we need them now? The answer is we don’t need them. If someone wants to see proof of that go read The Great Fish Oil Experiment by Dr. Ray Peat http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/fishoil.shtml and Oils in Context http://raypeat.com/articles/nutrition/oils-in-context.shtml. There are more scientific references listed by Ray Peat backing this up than I have seen anyone list anywhere else showing studies that we need these oils for our health (that have not been bought and paid for). Lastly does anyone here actually know what cholesterol is? It is not HDL and LDL as lipo-proteins are PROTEINS not cholesterol. Can anyone tell me what cholesterol is actually made up of and what they are used to create in our bodies? I’ll give you a hint…..h_r_o_es.

By: @kyleschen

@kyleschen — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:42:52 +0000

I just started taking krill oil to replace fish oil. The first week was great. Noticeably increased alertness/focus

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:06:57 +0000

Dear dr. Michael Eades,

I use krill oil against ADD, it’s a neurological condition related to ADHD. I have concentration problems mainly and reading a book can be very difficult.

I use alot of krill oil capsules now (10-15) a day and it really works this. It’s even more effective then conventional meds. I never experienced any side effects these months I have been using krill oil, but I see the benefit.

I really hope that others with this condition will learn about this new treatment.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:39:07 +0000

For vegetarians: you can eat a lot -LOT-of algae. Good luck with that.

Oceans are fished out and fish farms are nasty. Krill is a crucial link in the food chain, and this fish oil craze is highly likely to disturb the ecosystem. What to do? Well don’t take supplements for no reason, moderate the toxins and bad fats so you don’t have to eat so much dead fish. Gross. And you have to get refined and standardized fish oil to get an assured ratio of the compounds you are seeking.
A physician friend is treating himself and several patients with very high doses of fish oil for neurological conditions with some mixed success. Each person has a blood test and the dose is titrated for each.
Fish oil is not without consequences to the environment or the body. So treat it like a drug in concentrated forms. I suspect that this fad will turn out to be not so great.
Moderate….please

By: Robbie Murchison

Robbie Murchison — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:26:42 +0000

I am vegetarian so do not want to take the krill oil. What can I replace it with?