Krill Oil

Essential Fatty Acid supplements are nothing short of spectacular.

According to a May 2007 study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, "The test group which incorporated essential fatty acids into their weight-loss plan lost more body fat than all the other test groups combined."

Check that out again.

Adding EFAs to your fat loss diet will help you lose more ugly body fat.

And this isn't some trumped-up nutrition company "study". This is from the American Journal or Clinical Nutrition. They have to toe the line, or else.

EFAs are one of the few supplements I endorse, for everyone. They will help improve just about everything.

The reason we need to add EFA's to our diet is simply because our bodies need them. A century ago, all of our meats had plenty of essential fatty acids. But now most food animals are raised on corn and other grains, which changes the ratio of Omega 3s to Omega 6s.

And by balancing those fats out again, OUR BODIES CAN FUNCTION THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO!

Here's a list of thirteen reasons to add EFAs to your diet:

1. Cell membrane health: EPA and DHA insure that cell membranes remain healthy. This means that the membranes are flexible and contain larger numbers of insulin receptors that are more receptive and responsive to circulating insulin. This results in decreased fat storage in the adipocytes (fat cells).

2. EFAs turn on the lipolytic genes (fat burning genes).

3. EFAs turn off the lipogenic genes (fat storage genes).

4. EFAs diminish C-reactive proteins, a newly identified risk factor associated with various inflammatory diseases, including atherosclerosis, angina, coronary heart disease, heart attack, stroke, congestive heart failure, and diabetes. The DHA fraction of the fish/krill oil seems to be one most responsible for that protective effect. DHA also has the best ability to reduce blood pressure.

5. Increase utilization of fat stores from the adipocytes.

6. Preferential utilization for energy production once stored in the adipocytes.

7. Reduced inflammation from physical training.

8. Pain management from the reduced inflammation.

9. EPA regulates blood supply to the brain which is essential in maintaining focus in weight training sessions. DHA is important in brain membranes, memory, and cognitive function.

10. EFAs increase serotonin levels (the happy neurotransmitter). Therefore, fish/krill oils will decrease incidence of depression, anxiety, panic attack, and reduce carbohydrate cravings.

11. EFAs will improve your cardiovascular risk profile by lowering VLDL, triglycerides, homocysteine, fibrinogen, and increasing HDL levels. Combining fish/krill oils with plant sterols will improve lipid levels even more than either alone.

12. EFAs can also decrease blood pressure by several mechanisms. These include increases in the vasodilatory compound, nitric oxide, reducing vascular inflammation, blocking the constrictive elements in the vascular wall such as the calcium channels reducing blood viscosity, and inhibiting a blood vessel constrictor (thromboxane). Lipoprotein (a) is another CVD predictor that can be lowered by krill oils (a 19% reduction was seen with natural, stable krill oils and just 4% with a highly purified fish oil).

13. EFAs are a great stress fighter. Supplementation with n-3 fatty acids inhibits the adrenal activation of steroids, aldosterone, epinephrine, and norepinephrine (catecholamines) elicited by a mental stress, apparently through effects exerted at the level of the central nervous system. Therefore, for the same amount of stress, one will produce fewer stress hormones if consuming krill oils on a regular basis.

There you have it!

The Take-Home Message for today is: Get some EFAs right now!

Have a great day,

~Luke

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