Krill Oil - The Next Big Thing In Omega-3 Nutritional Supplements

This article is about a food from the oceans that humans and animals have been consuming for over two centuries. Fortunately for us all, it's now available as a daily nutritional supplement that's more powerful than fish oil and every other essential fatty acid for an amazing range of health conditions.

Whatever your health concern, or what your sex, or your age, there's one thing your body truly has to have: essential fatty acids (EFAs). And here's the rest of the story. See, essential fatty acids aren't manufactured by the human body. You have to get them from the food you eat and from supplementation.

Essential fatty acids include omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids and they're found in plant and fish oils, and in the oil extracted from tiny shrimp-like cold water crustaceans called krill. Now for some brief information about omega-3 EFAs and why krill oil is better than fish oil as the preferred source of essential fatty acids.

There are three primary types of omega-3 essential fatty acids: ALA (alphalinolenic acid), EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid).

Omega-6 fatty acids help omega-3 fatty acids in the body. But you must take these in the proper balance. The improper balance between omega-3 and omega-6 is known to lead to disease, while the appropriate balance promotes health.

The explanation is that omega-3 reduces inflammation, while omega-6 fatty acids increase it. Many researchers believe that too much omega-6 in the typical American diet is a big factor in the growing number of inflammatory disorders. Too much inflammation leads to pain and many diseases.

Obviously, figuring out what to eat and how much of it so you can get the proper ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 is no easy task. But you can conveniently do it right by using nutritional supplements because their labels explain it all.

So this leads to the question, what's the best source of essential fatty acids in a supplement? Plant oil, fish oil or krill oil? Since the purpose of this article is to introduce you to krill oil, we'll take plant oil off the table and briefly compare the two marine sources.

Krill oil appears to be the best thing yet in essential fatty acid and antioxidant supplements for the battle against heart disease, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol, arthritis, osteoporosis and more.

Here's the bottom-line difference between krill oil and fish oil: there are stronger antioxidants in krill oil and you metabolize it more completely.

Want to know why krill oil is easiest to absorb but were afraid to ask? The omega 3 fatty acids in krill oil are bound together in a phospholipid chain instead of the less beneficial triglyceride form found in fish oil. And guess what, it's phospholipids that are foundational to cell membranes in the human body.

The teamup between phospholipids and omega-3 fatty acids in krill oil makes it possible for antioxidants to into your cells. And that's major.

Krill oil is suggested as support for a huge range of health concerns including but not limited to the heart, brain, eyes, skin, joints, bones, blood sugar, blood pressure and more.

Of course, be sure not to use any marine form of EFAs if you have seafood allergies; and ask your medical professional about any interactions with medicines, particularly blood thinners.