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Monica

Monica

Medical Writer & Nutritionist

MSc Nutrition

University of Stockholm & Karolinska Institute, Sweden 

   Baylor University, TX, USA

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Krill Oil - what you need to know

Krill oil is becoming increasingly popular, and many people use it as an alternative to fish oil, since both provide the long-chain “marine” omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA. 
 
In addition, krill oil has some unique properties, and marketing claims about krill oil’s purported superiority over fish oil abound, centering on the following:
 
- Krill oil provides some of the EPA and DHA in phospholipid form, which has been suggested to be absorbed more effectively.
 
- Krill oil contains astaxanthin, a carotenoid with health promoting effects.
 
- Krill oil contains the essential nutrient choline.
 
- There are supposedly fewer contaminants in krill oil than fish oil.
 
- Krill oil supposedly does not cause any fishy burping or other gastro-intestinal side effects.
 
In this article I will summarize the research on each of these points, and critically evaluate the related marketing claims...
 

Got Elevated Liver Enzymes? - Here's How To Interpret Your Liver Function Tests

 

Both exercise, supplements, medications and drugs may cause blood elevations of enzymes that are commonly included in liver function and/or liver disease testing - alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP).[1-6]
 
Elevations in these enzymes are one of the most common "problems" encountered in everyday clinical practice.[7] 
 
But how does one distinguish pathological elevations vs. those caused by intense exercise?