NKO Benefits Hyperlipidemia

NKO Benefits Hyperlipidemia

MONTREALA patented form of krill oil (Neptune Krill Oil) was found more effective than fish oil in improving symptoms of patients with hyperlipidemia, according to a study published in Alternative Medicine Review (9, 4:420-8, 2004). During the three-month study, 120 patients received 2 to 3 g/d of kirll oil, 1 to 1.5 g/d of krill oil, 3 g/d of fish oil, or a placebo. Dosage between 1 g/d and 3 g/d reduced glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, compared to both fish oil and placebo.

Tina Sampalis, vice president of research and development with Montreal-based Neptune Technologies & Bioressources, which supplied the krill oil, said the study demonstrates the efficacy of NKO for regulating blood lipids. NKO is effective for the management of hyperlipidemia ... [and] at one third the dosage, NKO was not only more effective than fish oil in reducing LDL but also in increasing, significantly more, HDL [high-density lipoprotein], she said.