I've been taking krill oil for some rather extreme pain caused by surgery aggravated arthritis. Well I made a disconcerting discovery. You might have read that krill (and fish) oil is heat sensitive. I think I can personally verify that it is indeed.
The krill oil I started with is some I bought online some months ago, when the weather was cool, and never used. My experience was that when I started using it for the arthritis pain I felt a lessening of the pain within a couple of days and within a week the reduction in pain was nothing less than amazing. I'm including that to say that I don't think there is any doubt at all that I can tell when the krill oil is being effective. It wasn't a matter of "Well, I *think* it may have helped some." It's that the reduction in pain was very obvious.
Anyway, on with the story. When my first bottle started getting low I ordered more online. When the box arrived and the UPS guy handed it to me I was struck by how warm, almost hot, the cardboard shipping box was. I immediately flashed back to all I had read about how heat sensitive krill oil is how the label instructions say it should be stored in a cool dry place. I worried that the oil might be ruined but decided to hope for the best and use it anyway.
After a week using the "heated" krill oil my pain started coming back. After one sleepless night I wasn't willing to experiment any more and bought some fresh oil locally (at more than double the online price). Within a couple of days the pain was mostly gone again.
The moral of the story is, if buying krill, and probably fish oil and most other supplements, online it is probably best to only do it if there is a better than good chance that it won't be exposed to high temperatures during shipping. I'm going to wait until winter before I buy any more online since I'm in Houston and we can get pretty warm temps here even in the Fall.
The krill oil I started with is some I bought online some months ago, when the weather was cool, and never used. My experience was that when I started using it for the arthritis pain I felt a lessening of the pain within a couple of days and within a week the reduction in pain was nothing less than amazing. I'm including that to say that I don't think there is any doubt at all that I can tell when the krill oil is being effective. It wasn't a matter of "Well, I *think* it may have helped some." It's that the reduction in pain was very obvious.
Anyway, on with the story. When my first bottle started getting low I ordered more online. When the box arrived and the UPS guy handed it to me I was struck by how warm, almost hot, the cardboard shipping box was. I immediately flashed back to all I had read about how heat sensitive krill oil is how the label instructions say it should be stored in a cool dry place. I worried that the oil might be ruined but decided to hope for the best and use it anyway.
After a week using the "heated" krill oil my pain started coming back. After one sleepless night I wasn't willing to experiment any more and bought some fresh oil locally (at more than double the online price). Within a couple of days the pain was mostly gone again.
The moral of the story is, if buying krill, and probably fish oil and most other supplements, online it is probably best to only do it if there is a better than good chance that it won't be exposed to high temperatures during shipping. I'm going to wait until winter before I buy any more online since I'm in Houston and we can get pretty warm temps here even in the Fall.
It is so much cheaper on line but will also wait till the cold months to order more. Thanks for the tip - I always wonder and feel concerned about ordering my supplements on line this summer as it has been extremely hot.
