Study on Krill Powder Suggests: There is More to Seafood Than Fat - Can Krill Give You What Fish Oil Can't? Plus: Krill Protein's EAA Content More Than an Able Match to Whey
If you listened to the SuppVersity Science News Round Up on Super Human Radio , yesterday , you may remember that the color of food can tell you something about it's antioxidant activity... well, guess what: It's the lipid-soluble pigment and potent antioxidant astaxanthin that gives krill its "healthy" orange-red color. In a way this post could be regarded as a follow-up on yesterday's news about the profound weight-loss effects of high dose EPA (and to a lesser degree) DHA supplementation. After all, parts of the supplement industry have been working hard on establishing krill oil as a more efficient alternative for regular fish oil (see " Neptune Krill Oil, the New or Better Fish Oil? "). And in a way, the Rossmeisel study, I had in the news back in June 2012, would support this claim, since one of the proven benefits of krill oil actually is that it contains way more of the phospholipid variety of the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids that is mo...