300mg of This May Reduce Pain and Stiffness in 7 Days

300mg of This May Reduce Pain and Stiffness in 7 Days

Posted By Dr. Mercola | March 02 2012 | 88,282views


























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New research shows krill oil may offer several protective effects against inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including a reduction in inflammation and oxidative stress, and preservation of colon length
The animal based omega-3 fats in krill oil produce compounds that help quell inflammation before it can do damage to your tissues
Krill oil also contains astaxanthin, an anti-inflammatory antioxidant that suppresses a variety of inflammatory mediators, and which research has shown has value in as many as 100 different health conditions
Taking high-quality, animal-based omega-3 fats like krill oil is one of several lifestyle factors that may significantly improve symptoms of IBD; others include optimizing your vitamin D levels, avoiding sugar, grains and artificial sweeteners, and optimizing your gut bacteria with probiotics




By Dr. Mercola


More than 1.5 million Americans suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

To put it simply, IBD is an autoimmune condition that involves inflammation in your digestive tract that can cause cramps, bloody diarrhea, weight loss and other potentially serious complications in your intestines, along with increasing your risk of colon cancer.

Because IBD can be extremely painful, debilitating and even life threatening, many IBD patients wind up having extensive sections of their colon removed to address the problem when conventional therapies fail -- and this can result in devastating and life-threatening complications.

The goal of most IBD treatment, whether conventional or holistic, is to suppress the inflammation that is leading to the damaging symptoms -- and new research suggests krill oil may be effective at doing just that.

Krill Oil Shows Promise for Treating IBD


New animal research published in the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology found dietary supplementation with krill oil offered several protective effects against inflammatory bowel disease, including a reduction in inflammation and oxidative stress, and preservation of colon length.1

The study suggests that krill oil has both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that may benefit patients with IBD -- findings that have been reported before. The omega-3 fats in krill oil, EPA and DHA, play an important role in inflammation; they produce compounds called resolvins and protectins, which help quell inflammation before it can do too much damage to your tissues.

For instance, resolvins may control inflammation by stopping the passage of inflammatory cells to inflammation sites, and turning on other inflammatory cells.2 Several studies have been published on the remarkable effectiveness of krill oil in combating inflammation-related disorders like IBD, arthritis and others.

Three notable ones are:
1.A 2007 study in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition investigated krill oil's ability to reduce inflammation. Researchers found that 300 mg krill oil per day significantly reduced inflammation, pain, stiffness and functional impairment after just 7 days, and even more profoundly after 14 days.3
2.A study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology in 2005 showed similar findings with respect to reducing inflammation and arthritis symptoms, for both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis sufferers.4
3.In 2010, a Swiss animal study provided even more confirmation about krill oil's anti-inflammatory properties. Mice consuming krill oil showed less joint inflammation from rheumatoid arthritis than did the control group.5

Other research showed a 14 percent reduction in the cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) -- a compound that promotes inflammation -- among medical students taking an omega-3 supplement.6 And yet another study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition revealed that women with the highest intake of omega-3 fats had a 44 percent reduced risk of dying from inflammatory disease compared with women with the lowest intake.7 Omega-3 fats have also been shown to reduce T-cell-mediated inflammation8, in part, by suppressing T-cell (a key immune system white blood cell) activation and proliferation.