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Weak evidence
Omega-3 in a more expensive package, with no mood evidence of its own.
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Oil from Antarctic krill, containing EPA and DHA bound differently from fish oil, plus the pigment astaxanthin.
Absorption may be slightly better per gram, which manufacturers lean on heavily. There are no meaningful mood trials of krill oil specifically. Capsules also contain far less EPA than the fish oil doses used in depression research, so reaching a studied amount costs several times more.
No mood protocol exists. If you want the omega-3 evidence, buy EPA by the gram.
Recorded because a person who has decided to try something will find a number somewhere, and a forum's number is worse than a trial's. It is not a recommendation, and the right amount for you depends on things only a doctor who knows your history can weigh.
Same blood-thinning caution as fish oil. Not for shellfish allergy.
Imported and expensive. Plain fish oil, or fish, is better value for the same purpose.
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