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Great story and info. Thanks for posting it.
If I had a brain injury, plenty of fish oil (or better still in my opinion, krill oil) would be something I would want to be given. Another would be plenty of curcumin, which is a great natural anti-inflammatory. Often the deadliest part of brain injuries and brain tumors is swelling, due to the brain being located in a confined cavity with little room for expansion.
Is it supports endocrine system? As I am intrested in inner progress of skin that are totally in concern metabolic activities.
Is this a joke?
Krill oil can "rid the body of free radicals"?
Not to burst your bubble, but if you studied just a bit of organic chemistry, you would easily understand that the poly-unsaturated fatty acids (krill oil is) oxidize like crazy in the oxygenated environment of the body. Not only do they break down into acroliene (look it up on wikipedia), they cause a chain reaction of oxidation, damaging cell walls, DNA, RNA and all of the cellular organelles.
Here is just one study of hundreds that shed light on this great example of half-truths being marketed to the public.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 1984 Jul;73(1):185-91. Dietary lipid effects on the growth, membrane composition, and prolactin-binding capacity of rat mammary tumors. Cave WT Jr, Jurkowski JJ. "Our results indicated that 1) when the polyunsaturated lipid component (corn oil) of the diet exceeded 3%, it was the quantitative level of total lipid, rather than the level of polyunsaturated lipid alone, that best correlated with the observed reduction in tumor latent period; 2) when the polyunsaturated lipid content of the diet fell below 3%, there was a decrease in tumor incidence and an increase in the mean latent period...."
The effect of these fats and their cause of tumor growth is well documented. Just think, if they react with oxygen, this lowers the local oxygen concentration in the cells and the cells in turn begin lactic acid fermentation for energy instead of oxidative phosphorylation. Remember the research of Dr. Otto Warburg, nobel prize winner. When the oxygen concentration in the tissues decreases below a certain threshold, the cell becomes cancerous. When the oxygen concentration is raised above that threshold, it reverts to a normal cell.
Hype is not science. And unnatural products like oil pressed out of a fish or krill are not natural products that our ancestors ever consumed.
You ask if a blog which tells about the benefits of omega-3s such as those found in krill oil is a joke? Perhaps the post might be a bit of a promotion, but information about the benefits, including ridding the body of free radicals, of krill oil is no joke.
The blog linked to speaks about a study by the University of Berkley which indicated the value of omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA. You, on the other hand, quoted a 1984 study on corn oil. I'll grant you that excesssive corn oil can be harmful (even if it were non_GMO corn oil), but corn oil and krill oil are vastly different and the study you quoted does not apply to krill oil.
The polyunsaturated fat found in corn oil consists almost entirely of omega-6 fatty acids, which our typical diet supplies too much of in realtion to omega-3 fatty acids. Krill oil contains a high amount of healthy long-chain polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids, such as EPA and DHA. An excessive ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids (it should be about a 1 to 2 ratio) causes irritation which can lead to cancer, coronary and other chronic disease.
It is NOT low cellular levels of oxygen which causes cancer (and Warburg did not say that). Rather, it is prolonged cellular stress due to irritation which most often leads to cells cancer when cells revert to a more primitive form of respiration.
Warburg's work has been widely misinterpreted to mean that lowered cellular oxygen causes cancer, but what Warburg actually postulated was that it was an injury to the cell's mitochondrial energy manufacturing which caused cells to turn cancerous.
Warburg in fact argued that cancer should be interpreted as a type of mitochondrial disease. The reason for lower cellular oxygen in cancer cells is because cancer cells stop using oxygen and turn instead to the less efficient primitive form of respiration which utilizes a non-oxidative breakdown of glucose.
In addition to krill oil protecting cell walls from free radical damage due to its abundance of healthy long-chain polyunsatured omega-3 fatty acids, krill oil does indeed help rid the body of free radicals. It does so because of its high astaxanthin content. Astaxanthin is one of the most potent antioxidants to be found and it is astaxanthin which gives krill their characteristic reddish-pink coloration.
I see from your posting history that you are a newcomer. Welcome to CureZone - but please, before you chide another poster and liken their post to a "joke", perhaps do a bit of studying of your own to make sure that your opinion is better informed than in this instance.
Getting into Warburg & interpreting his work is not too important here, but his work does help one to understand the way the body's cells respond to low energy environments. When there is no oxygen as an electron receptor at the end of the electron transport chain, mitochondrial respiration will be not be able to continue.
I apologize for using a study where corn oil was the source of the polyunsaturated fat. It is important to understand that no matter what the source, it is still has many double bonds and that comes with a characteristic biochemical property.
It is the following concept that I am trying to shed light upon. If you can comprehend this, then you will understand that krill oil, by it's molecular nature can not rid the body of free radicals. This is from a research paper on milk thistle, which does in fact scavenge free radicals and enhance the glutathione system. I have added the words in the [].
Ghosh A et al / Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Vol. 2 (10), 2010,348-355
"The mechanism of free radical damage include ROS- induced peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acid [krill oil/fish oil/vegetable oil] in the cell membrane bilayer, which causes a chain reaction of lipid peroxidation, thus damaging the cellular membrane and causing further oxidation of membrane lipids and proteins. Subsequently cell contents including DNA, RNA, and other cellular components are damaged." [15]
15. H. Wiseman. Dietary influences on membrane function: Importance in protection against oxidative damage and disease, J Nutr Biochem 7: 2-5 (1996).
J Nutr. 2000 Dec;130(12):3028-33. Polyunsaturated (n-3) fatty acids susceptible to peroxidation are increased in plasma and tissue lipids of rats fed [DHA] docosahexaenoic acid-containing oils.
Food Chem Toxicol. 1998 Aug;36(8):663-72. The association of increasing dietary concentrations of fish oil with hepatotoxic effects and a higher degree of aorta atherosclerosis in the ad lib.-fed rabbit.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2003 Jun;57(6):793-800. Increased lipid peroxidation during long-term intervention with high doses of n-3 fatty acids (PUFAs) following an acute myocardial infarction.
Transplantation 1995 Sep 27;60(6):570-7. The effect of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on acute rejection and cardiac allograft blood flow in rats. Haw MP, Linnebjerg H, Chavali SR, Forse RA. “The immunosuppressive effect of dietary PUFA warrants further investigation, and their use as a possible adjunctive treatment in organ transplantation should be considered.”
Now, the above study illuminates a very important aspect of how the these PUFAs work, whether they be krill oil or fish oil. They inhibit the immune system. Now there is research that talks about how a lowered immune system sets the body up for cancer. I hope we can agree that this makes sense.
In response to the n-3 to n-6 ratio:
Nutr Cancer 1998;30(2):137-43. Effects of dietary n-3-to-n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid ratio on mammary carcinogenesis in rats. Sasaki T, Kobayashi Y, Shimizu J, Wada M, In'nami S, Kanke Y, Takita T. “An increase in the n-3/n-6 ratio did not suppress the incidence or reduce the latency of mammary tumor development. The number and weight of mammary tumors per tumor-bearing rat tended to be large in the group with an n-3/n-6 ratio of 7.84 compared with those in the other groups. As the n-3/n-6 ratios were elevated, the total number and weight of tumors increased gradually.”
I am not here to start a war, just to here to educate. I support critical thinking and open educated discussion. The media and marketing have been driving the fish oil education. This is inherently dangerous.
Ultimately, what we put in our bodies is our own choice. I would like to make sure that this choice is a well informed one.
Thanks for your thoughtful and civil reply. I think what you may be missing is that there is any number of studies which indicate that healthy consumption of omega-3 fatty acids is actually protective of cell membranes. And, again, krill oil contains one of the best antioxidants on the planet. Thus far, I have been unable to find a single study or even a single scholarly article which indicates that krill oil causes oxidative damage or is unhealthy is any way (with the exception of individuals who are allergic to shellfish).
Hi,
I'm currently looking at a site called Maxalife. My doc says Ive got low vitamin d levels so I'm looking around. Came across this new zealand company. I'm keen to try their vitamin d but it seems they also have some omega 3 fish oil products and green lipped mussel at fairly good prices.
I don't know how effective or good they are but hopefully someone can give me feedback about them.
Are you aware of omega-3? As i am searching for great antioxidant lately, i found this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-ZnG3NoZY which tackles all about omega-3 and krill oil. Looking forward to try this krill oil supplements that are rich in omega-3.
Do you have any research articles specifically about krill oil? Or better yet, any studies?
At PubMed, a search for "krill oil dangers" returns 0 results. A search for "krill oil" returns 42 results - not one of which is negative.
I prefer artic krill oil. A couple of good sources are Mercola and GoodHealthUSA. I have used both.
As for the negative advice about krill oil, see my response:
http://curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1994413
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