Furthermore,
the krill oil group showed significantly reduced pain, stiffness and functional impairment compared to the placebo group in all three follow - up visits.
Not exact matches
After just seven days of treatment,
krill oil reduced inflammation by more than 19 percent, while the placebo
group had an increase of inflammatory C - reactive protein of nearly 16 percent!
A 2011 study published in the journal Frontiers in Genetics took a look at the livers of mice given
krill oil versus those fed fish
oil.7 The researchers found that
krill oil enhances glucose metabolism in the liver, promotes lipid metabolism and helps regulate the mitochondrial respiratory chain — all of these effects are not seen in the fish
oil group.
And after just seven days of treatment with
krill oil, the treatment
group reduced their mean CRP by 19.3 percent, compared to an increase of 15.7 percent observed in the placebo
group.
According to a 2011 study published in the journal Lipids, study participants given
krill oil or fish
oil for seven weeks saw similar increases in plasma EPA and DHA levels compared to the control
group.
In the aforementioned study, humans that were given
krill oil containing 62.8 % of the total amount of omega - 3s in fish
oil, increased their plasma EPA and DHA levels to the same level as those in the fish
oil group... despite that it was a smaller dose (by 37.2 %).