OKrill and Brain Health
The brain controls our cognitive, sensory, emotional, behavioral, signaling and physical skills.
Our dietary choices, lifestyles, and levels of stress may affect the cognitive powers and abilities. As people’s understanding of the brain and cognitive health has grown, there is a growing market for dietary supplements, proven to support long-term brain health.
Regular intake of krill oil has been linked to improvements in learning and memory, systemic inflammation, and depressive symptoms. OKrill has essential nutrients and brain boosters including phospholipids omega-3 acisds, and choline. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which are crucial for fundamental brain functioning, are available in OKrill. Astaxanthin, an antioxidant that might lessen excessive oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain, is an active component of OKrill.
Krill Oil and Cognitive Health
According to study by Karin Wibrand et al, Krill Oil’s important components (eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid and astaxanthin) facilitate learning processes and provide antidepressant-like effects.
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Krill Oil and Brain Functioning
Emerging evidences in a study by Marina Schverer et al indicated that phospholipids are capable of improving a variety of cognitive processes in both animals and humans.
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OKrill’s Choline and Cognitive Functions
Choline is one of the important component found in OKrill. It is found to be beneficial for the human health. Choline is responsible for a number of functions in body and brain.
In a study done by Coreyann Poly et al, it was observed that, in a community-based population of nondemented individuals, higher concurrent choline intake was related to better cognitive performance, whereas higher remote choline intake was associated with little to no white matter hyper intensity. Low choline intakes may put us at risk for cognitive decline and diseases like Alzheimer’s. The study is published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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The findings of another study done by Saiqa Tabassum et al, together with previous findings, suggest that choline administration is beneficial for neurological health of not only children or elderly patients but also healthy adults, particularly in improving cognitive and locomotor performance. In addition, chronic choline intake was found to improve behavioral, oxidative and neurochemical outcomes in the normal population.
Krill Oil & Cognitive Functions in Elderly
This study by Konagai et al provides evidence that Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) activates cognitive function in the elderly. This is especially the case with krill oil, in which the majority of n-3 PUFAs are incorporated into phosphatidylcholine, causing it to be more effective than sardine oil, in which n-3 PUFAs are present as triglycerides.
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Phospholipids and Brain Health
As much as 60% of the brain weight consists of phospholipids that are rich in fatty acids omega-3s and choline, all of which play vital roles in cellular function, nerve signaling and cognitive health and function.
Supporting cognitive capacities and brainpower by providing essential nutrients to brain is important. OKrill is a multi-nutrient supplement, naturally abundant in brain-boosting phospholipids (PC, LPC), Omega-3 EPA & DHA, and Choline. It contains around 40% phospholipids, as well as triglycerides, free fatty acids, and the natural antioxidant astaxanthin which boosts cognitive health.
Scientific Evidence
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5. Saiqa Tabassum, Saida Haider, Saara Ahmad, Syeda Madiha, Tahira Parveen, Chronic choline supplementation improves cognitive and motor performance via modulating oxidative and neurochemical status in rats, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, Volume 159, 2017, Pages 90-99, ISSN 0091-3057,
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