Krill Oil: Stop That “Krilling” Pain From Your Arthritis

You’re unlikely to see krill or krill oil on a restaurant menu near you, although it’s eaten in Japan under the name Okiami. Krill is a small, nondescript crustacean, so what are the uses of krill oil? If researchers are correct, krill provides oil that can assist in treating everything from arthritis to erectile dysfunction, as well as making your eyes and brain work better.

Krill’s the catch-all name for 85 or so species and has probably the largest biomass on earth: hundreds of millions of tons. In other words, all the krill in the sea weigh more than any other …read more