Much has been said about omega 3, but is krill your best source?

In the past, there have been TV advertising on the wonderful “new” Red Krill Oil supplement pills that have more omega 3 than regular fish oil tablets. It contains an antioxidant called astaxanthin. O.k. so it’s good for you but here again is another example of how we pillage our seas to make money.

Flax seeds are an excellent source of omega 3 (actually better than fish oil)! Read more here, so why do we have to keep finding “new and wonderful” animal, or in this case, fish, products when we don’t need to???

Now, usually, I’d let this one go with just another “why don’t you just leave the sea alone” comment at the TV, But then when I watched a program about “Ocean Giants”, that’s when the blood started to boil.

According to the program, the blue whale that lives off Sri Lanka’s coast feeds on red krill. These krill are being depleted due to climate change, and it got me wondering.

So onto the internet I went to discover that the krill for the supplement pills are harvested from the cold waters off Antarctica and other icy waters. That’s not all I found out. The ongoing harvesting of krill could be threatening the food source of seals, penguins and whales. 

Not only are the krill being devastated by climate change, but humans are also plundering them for their source of omega 3.

Some companies maintain they are harvesting sustainably. They say that no unwanted by-catch is in the mix and are singled out and released unharmed during harvesting.

I find all this very hard to believe, especially after watching the documentary Seaspriacy, as it pointed out there is no such thing as fishing sustainably.

If you want good omega 3, then stick with ground flax seeds; a tablespoon a day is all you need.

Until next time…