Krill are small shrimp-like
creatures that feed the world's largest animals -- the great whales.
These great whales gulp down huge quantities of krill to provide the
energy they need to fuel their incredible size (a blue whale eats up
to 8,000 pounds of krill every day during the feeding season!).
And these highly intelligent great
whales are not the only animals that depend on krill for their
nutritional needs - so do an assortment of seals, sea birds,
penguins, squid and fish.
In fact, the hardy neptune type of
krill, harvested from harsh Antarctic waters, are so important that
they are considered by scientists to be a "keystone species", an
organism upon which many Antarctic predators depend.
Krill congregate in dense masses or
swarms that can actually turn the ocean's surface pink or red.
Together with plankton, krill make up the largest biomass on earth.
This makes them one of the most easily renewable food resources
available, and an excellent nutritional source from an environmental
perspective.
Caution:
Antarctic Pure Krill Oil does NOT Have Vitamin D
While krill oil has many amazing benefits, it
does NOT contain more than a trace of vitamin D. The
best way to obtain your vitamin D is from sunshine. Unfortunately,
most people don't get enough sunshine, particularly during the
winter.
So, during the winter, or if for any reason you do
not get much sun exposure, you should definitely take cod liver oil,
which is the best solution for obtaining the vitamin D many of us
need. Additionally you may want to continue using fish oil if you
have conditions that respond well to it. Antarctic Pure Krill oil
has a more potent version of omega-3 with DHA and EPA, but it is perfectly acceptable to
continue taking fish oil and Antarctic Pure Krill Oil as you will
get benefits from both.
A good source of Cod Liver Oil, for your vitamin
D, is Norwegian Cod
Liver Oil.
