Scientific Literature

Fish oil or krill oil?  Which is better?  What are the health benefits of these oils, and does science provide evidence of these benefits?

This section of the site reviews some of the current research on fish and krill oils.

We are carefully monitoring PubMed and adding new summaries of some of the more interesting and important scientific articles being published there.

While this section may be a little technical, we have tried to provide easy to read and understand summaries of each paper.  If you find other interesting research, please let us know and we may add it to this site.

Below lists all PubMed papers summarised on our site.  Click the headlines to visit and read our summaries.  You can always come back to this page by clicking on the “Scientific Literature” link in the header of our site.

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Krill Oil Effect on Cardiovascular Risk Factors

 in Blog  tagged Scientific Literature by Andy Hill

Krill oil may lead to a reasonable improvement of cardiovascular risks and HDL in overweight patients suffering with type-2 diabetes.

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Fish-Oil Lipid Emulsion Use in Children With IFALD

 in Blog  tagged Scientific Literature by Andy Hill

Scientists conclude that infants with IF-associated liver disease can stay on IF or parenteral nutrition (PN), in the longer term.

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Effects of Krill Oil on Mitochondrial Energetic Metabolism

 in Blog  tagged Scientific Literature by Andy Hill

Krill oil counters the negative effects of a high fat diet on mitochondrial energetic metabolism according to research on lab rats.

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Fish Oil, Folic Acid Research for Vascular Changes

 in Blog  tagged Scientific Literature by Andy Hill

Scientists look into whether fish oil or folic acid can actually prevent vascular changes in female progeny caused by fluoxetine exposure.

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Fish Oil’s Effect on Mental Stress

 in Blog  tagged Scientific Literature by Andy Hill

Taking fish shows blunted heart rate reactivity at the time of stress, suggesting it has a defensive effect on cardiovascular function.

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Fish Oil Enhances Intestinal Barrier Function

 in Blog  tagged Scientific Literature by Andy Hill

Science suggests that fish oil (FO) enhances intestinal barrier function. It also inhibits CRH / CRHR1. Here’s what the science has to say about it.

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Can Fish Oil Supplements Improve Pregnancy Outcomes

 in Blog  tagged Scientific Literature by Andy Hill

Scientific research suggests that fish oil (FO) supplementation can improve pregnancy outcomes and the size of the newborn:

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Bioavailability of Krill Oil Vs Fish Oil

 in Blog  tagged Scientific Literature by Andy Hill

Scientific research and discussion concludes that there is dissimilarity in bioavailability of DHA and EPA after the intake of Krill oil and fish oil.

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Fish Oil and Krill Oil Modify the Liver and Brain Lipidome

 in Blog  tagged Scientific Literature by Andy Hill

Krill oil has better anti-inflammatory action compared to fish oil and also enhances insulin sensitivity more than FO, according to studies.

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Compared BA and Metabolic Fate of n-3 Fatty Acids

 in Blog  tagged Scientific Literature by Andy Hill

The absorption of fatty acids is considerably more in female rats with little notable effect on oil type scientific study concludes.

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