09.11.12
Aker BioMarine, Oslo, Norway, has announced a new study in the European Journal of Nutrition on krill oil and its effects on the disturbed lipid metabolism in a mouse model of chronic inflammation. Researchers from University of Bergen, Norway have shown that feeding mice a high-fat diet with krill oil for 6 weeks is enough to change the lipid metabolism and substantially lower plasma lipid and cholesterol levels. The study suggests that krill oil lowers lipid levels by increasing degradation of fatty acids. Further, these findings confirm that fish oil and krill oil are comparable dietary sources of omega 3 fatty acids, as well as demonstrates that when similar doses are administered, krill oil shows a greater potential to promote lipid degradation.
For further information: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-012-0441-2
For further information: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-012-0441-2