If it could lower your LDL cholesterol (the bad kind) and raise your HDL (the good kind) up to 44%... and lower your blood sugar… decrease pain, inflammation and stiffness from arthritis, reduce symptoms of PMS and dysmenorrheal, and even help ADHD…
Would You Eat It?
Better yet… if you could possibly achieve all of these health benefits… and all you had to do was swallow a few pills every day… would you do that?
Well, it looks like that may be possible and here is why: That “creature” is actually a shrimp-like crustacean called a Krill. Krill are only 1-5 cm in length but make up the largest animal biomass on the planet.
According to Neptune Technologies, a Canadian company that holds the patents on Krill oil extraction, there are approximately 500 million tons of Krill in the northern seas… and… 110,000 tons are harvested every year.
Krill primarily live in the cold waters of the Antarctic and North Pacific Oceans.
What’s So Good About Krill Oil?
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about the benefits of certain fish oils. Like fish oil, Krill oil contains omega-3 fats such as eicosapentanci acid (EPA) and docosahexanoic acid (DHA).
But here’s a BIG difference: Krill oil appears to be much better because, in fish oil, these omega-3 fats are found in the triglyceride form. The Omega-3s in Krill are found in a double chain phospholipid form.
So what? Well, it just so happens the fats in human cell walls are also in the phospholipid form.
Meaning: The phospholipid structure of the Omega-3s in Krill oil make them much more absorbable.
Krill oil also contains Vitamin A, D & E and a powerful anti-oxidant canthaxanthin.
Here’s what Dr. Joseph Mercola had to say about Krill in his online newsletter: “In my view, Krill oil is clearly your best option when it comes to obtaining important high quality animal-based omega-3 fats. It contains essential EPA and DHA in a double chain phospholipid structure that makes it far more absorbable than the omega-3s in fish oil. Krill oil also contains Vitamin E, Vitamin A, Vitamin D and canthaxanthin, which is a potent anti-oxidant. Research has shown the anti-oxidant potency of Krill oil is, in terms of ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) values, 48 times more potent than fish oil.”
48 times more potent than fish oil… WOW!!!

One last thing about Krill oil: Krill harvesting has aroused some negative attention. Some are saying Krill are actually endangered. According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, this seems to be coming from competing sources of omega-3s and seems to be false. While there seems to be a local Krill problem in California… it has nothing to do with the global population of Krill, and Krill is not harvested for human consumption in California anyway.
For details, please go to Dr. Mercola’s article at: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/07/21/Krill-Sustainability.aspx
Ok… ENOUGH WITH THE LITTLE CRUSTACEANS!!!!