Fatty Acid Research and Health · Clinical trial

Can daily krill oil capsules help ageing muscles?

Paper: The effect of krill oil supplementation on skeletal muscle function and size in older adults: A randomised controlled trial
Alkhedhairi et al. · Clinical Nutrition 2022 · doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2022.04.007

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Can daily krill oil capsules help ageing muscles? In a Glasgow trial, 94 healthy older adults finished the study. For 6 months some took krill oil, others a look-alike vegetable oil. Grip strength improved by 10.9% relative to the vegetable oil group. Leg strength and thigh muscle thickness also rose, but overall muscle mass did not. Walking and chair rises did not improve, but those scores were already near the top. It is one trial in fairly healthy volunteers.

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