Everyone is asking me if they should change over to krill oil due to all the latest advertisements on television and on the radio saying krill is better and you don't have to take as many etc, etc.
First lets take a step back and remember why fish oil is important in the first place.
One: it may optimise the health of the egg. THe outer layer of the egg is made from fat so if we are low in essential fats like omega 3 this could impact the egg and the sp ability to fertilise the egg. THe outer shell of the egg can become hard when you are deficient in essentials fats.
Male fertility: High levels of abnormal forms of sp have been shown to improve with increased essentials fatty acids like in the omega 3.
We tend to be deficient in omega 3 in our diets and get too much omega 6, our body makes omega 9 so we don't have to supplement omega 9.
So by taking fish oil the idea is to increase the omega 3 essential fatty acids which consist of dha and epa. Your fish oil should be good quality, i.e either go thru a process that removes toxins such as mercury as much as possible or uses fish that don't contain those toxins in the first place. Saying a supplement is mercury tested is not good enough, it must be purified or shown to not have contained the toxins in the first place.
Krills advantage is two fold. Nonexistent mercury (krill are so small they don't tend to contain the mercury other larger fish do) and high antioxidant content particularly from an antioxidant called as astaxanthin which is great for overall health (can help fight wrinkles supposedly as well) BUT and this is a big BUT...krill oil or atleast the ones I have seen have very very low amounts of the omega 3 which is the important bit that most of us need. Omega 3 has been shown to be correlated with immproved moods, improved joint health, better skin, less dryness of the eyes, improving cholesterol balance, thats just to name a few.
Therefore my conclusion is krill is NOT a replacement for your good quality fish oils that have optimal amounts of omega 3 epa and dha but it certainly can compliment the fish oil and add more antioxidants into your system which has been shown to be correlated with better egg health and sp health.
For specific recommendations of what fish oils we recommend pls email info@sharkeyshealingcentre.com and let me know what country you are in.
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