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[PDF] Monograph Krill Oil - Krill Oil Monograph
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Comes from Alternative Medicine Review Volume 15, Number 1 Krill Oil Monograph
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Thumbs up Krill Oil

Thanks, Ted. I just reordered 2 more large bottles of Krill Oil caps from Dr.
Mercola. Good price and free shipping. They arrived yesterday; I take 2 to
3 a day after my first meal. I prefer the Krills to regular Fish Oil.
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Harry has a very hot article krill oil research with over 200 comments.
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does Krill contain alot of mercury and other heavy metals? Aren't krill bottom feeders?
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does Krill contain alot of mercury and other heavy metals?
Krill don't contain mercury as they feed on they feed on phytoplankton and zooplankton and it's the larger longer lived fish that consume other fish that accumulate mercury over the years. While krill do go down to deeper levels during the day they are less active, it's a night when it's safer they rise to nearer the surface to feed.

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Aren't krill bottom feeders?
I think you may be confusing this with being at the bottom of the food chain.
Krill are the food source for other larger fish.
Here is a list of the mercury content of fish and you can see it's the larger more predatory fish that accumulate most mercury.
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Krill don't contain mercury as they feed on they feed on phytoplankton and zooplankton and it's the larger longer lived fish that consume other fish that accumulate mercury over the years. While krill do go down to deeper levels during the day they are less active, it's a night when it's safer they rise to nearer the surface to feed.

I think you may be confusing this with being at the bottom of the food chain.
Krill are the food source for other larger fish.
Here is a list of the mercury content of fish and you can see it's the larger more predatory fish that accumulate most mercury.
In your opinion, do you prefer to get your dha/epa from krill over instead of fish oil?
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In your opinion, do you prefer to get your dha/epa from krill over instead of fish oil?
IF money were no object I suspect that krill would be better HOWEVER COST is a consideration and most of the research into the benefits of krill comes from, or is funded by, the people who make it, and so in the same way as research funded by big pharma tends to support the product in question so it's possibly biased. But that is not to say I think it is all wrong. It just may not be quite as good as the hype.
I generally use Nature's Answer, Liquid Omega-3, Deep Sea Fish Oil EPA/DHA because I don't object to the taste of liquid fish oil and I can get at reasonable amount of DHA and EPA in a couple of teaspoons.

I'm aware that krill is claimed to be better absorbed and thus you can use less but I'd like to see it independently demonstrated.

If I wasn't such a miserly cheapskate I'd go for the krill.
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Personally, I do prefer the Krill Oil Caps over Fish Oil. Fish oil tends to make me burp it back up. Yuck!
You might check out Mercola.com sign up for his emails and order if/when he
offers his special again. His site does have some great info on Krill Oil.
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Swanson vitamins has announced that they will no longer sell Krill oil due to sustainability issues and the need for high levels of krill for the survival of a number of speicies. This has always been my issue with it and I am glad to see a large company taking this stand. We can do well elsewhere.
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Do you Know Why Krill is your Best and Most Sustainable Source of Omega-3 Fat? MERCOLA'S take on the argument

Krill's sustainability play
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Estimates of the total krill biomass vary widely, from 50 million to 700 million metric tonnes. Under the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, the annual allowed krill catch is six million tonnes. According to Denzil Miller, Executive Secretary of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), the most recent actual total was about 684,000 tonnes for the year 2007-08 (December-November).

Although the actual catch was about one-tenth of the maximum catch size, new technological developments in harvesting krill by Norwegian firm Aker BioMarine (to run in 2009) will significantly increase this number. Previously, krill was difficult to catch and process in large amounts because the enzymes inside them break down quickly, spoiling much of the catch. However, under Aker's method, the potential catch is a jump from 100,000 tonnes per fleet to 100,000 tonnes per ship.

To address potential concerns about sustainable harvests and ecosystem management, a CCAMLR representative is placed on every krill boat to both vouchsafe the harvest and to conduct research.

"We have to do it this way or we wouldn't have a business in a couple of years," says Henrik Traaholt, product manager at Aker Biomarine. "CCAMLR representatives are on board 24 hours a day, so we are playing by the rules." The top three krill companies, Aker, Azantis and Neptune, all require CCAMLR reps on board to ensure sustainable fishing methods. Aker has gone one step further by obtaining certification from the environmental group WWF to double its efforts in ensuring sustainable catches. Neptune also takes this commitment seriously by serving on the CCAMLR board.

Traaholt says Aker uses krill primarily as aquaculture feed, followed by pharmaceutical applications. Its supplements and functional-foods business is "just starting."

"We at Azantis are committed to a sustainable and honest use of this treasure," says John Schoonbrood, president of Azantis, which supplies krill it sources from a New Zealand fleet operating in Antarctica. "There is endless abundance, if we keep using it wisely."
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"We at Azantis are committed to a sustainable and honest use of this treasure," says John Schoonbrood, president of Azantis, which supplies krill it sources from a New Zealand fleet operating in Antarctica. "There is endless abundance, if we keep using it wisely"

Thats like trusting BP when is says it has our safety at heart over the years.
If it wern't for stringent legislation on fishing we would be dead in the water long ago and still we stand on the brink for some species yet fishing continues with regulation.... with regulation?

Not one word in that article mentions how many pounds a year a whale needed to eat. It gave us nothing to base a judgement on except that they are watching and ever increasing catch volume.

We've gotten pretty good at regulating and watching ourselves drive right into oblivion.
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"We at Azantis are committed to a sustainable and honest use of this treasure," says John Schoonbrood, president of Azantis, which supplies krill it sources from a New Zealand fleet operating in Antarctica. "There is endless abundance, if we keep using it wisely"

Thats like trusting BP when is says it has our safety at heart over the years.
If it wern't for stringent legislation on fishing we would be dead in the water long ago and still we stand on the brink for some species yet fishing continues with regulation.... with regulation?

Not one word in that article mentions how many pounds a year a whale needed to eat. It gave us nothing to base a judgement on except that they are watching and ever increasing catch volume.

We've gotten pretty good at regulating and watching ourselves drive right into oblivion.
I hope one day people realize that government intervention doesn't keep us safer...
or healthier
or richer
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I'm not so sure Mercola can be trusted, though I do respect him as a businessman!

He claims that Krill are free of toxins -- not true! Here's at least 2 studies, and there are more:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16183185
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18848720

Does Mercola know about these studies? Your guess is as good as mine...
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Enzymotec Krill Passes CL Testing
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MIGDAL HAEMEQ, Israel� Enzymotec announced its two grades of krill oil (Pure Krill Oil 4014F and High-Potency Krill Oil 4225F) passed testing by ConsumerLab.com; the organization tested the krill oil products and determined they met specifications for quality and omega-3s. ConsumerLab determined the products met claimed amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, and were within GOED and Prop 65 standards for contaminants and heavy metals.

"Enzymotec carries two distinctive grades�one of which we believe to be 'best in class' pure krill oil and the second is a proprietary high-potency grade," said Elzaphan Hotam, CEO of Enzymotec USA Inc. "We are very pleased with these results."
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Well that's good news. But that's not the same stuff Mercola sells, is it?

Furthermore, how do we know they didn't just send their best batch for testing?

I appreciate how companies that test with the International Fish Oil Standards program have every batch of fish oil tested.
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