The World’s Most Complete Food
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Bee pollen is the world’s most complete food. It contains every basic vitamin, mineral, enzyme and hormone essential for general well-being and good health. In its fresh, natural form, it is completely absorbed by the body and is 100% digestible.
Professor Alain Callias, Ph.D. at the Academy of Agriculture, Paris, France, investigated whether referring to bee pollen as "nature’s perfect food" was accurate, and if humans could survive on bee pollen alone for an extended period of time.
During the course of his studies, he found that 36 grams of bee pollen a day would supply the average man with every necessary nutrient!
So what is Bee Pollen?
Bee pollen is one of nature's Super foods. It is simply flower pollen with a little bit of "magic" added by the bee. The actual gathering of pollen is a lot more complex than it would seem to most of us. When the honeybee spots a flower, she settles on the stamen (the pollen producing part) and skillfully scrapes off the powdery loose pollen with her jaws and front legs.
Next, she moistens the pollen with a dab of the honey she brought from the hive. Her tibia contains thick, trimming bristles called "combs," which she uses to brush the gold powder from her body mid-flight into tiny baskets found on the outside of her legs.
When her basket is full, the microscopic golden dust has been pressed down into a single golden granule. Back at the hive, enzymes and nectar are added to the flower pollen to make bee pollen.
It is often referred to as "the bread of bees." It is actually pollen that bees use for nourishment, not honey.
One of Nature’s Perfect Super Foods
One of the most fascinating things about bee pollen is that it can’t be duplicated in a laboratory. Even though thousands of analyses have been made on bee pollen using modem technologies, there still are certain components in it which science cannot identify. The bees add some mysterious ingredients that may very well attribute to its amazing healing properties.
Bee pollen is considered a "super food," meaning that it contains every ingredient required for sustaining life. It is 25% vegetable protein (including at least 18 amino acids, and all eight essential amino acids) and contains more than a dozen vitamins, 28 minerals, 11 enzymes and co enzymes, and 11 carbohydrates. This is why they call bee pollen "nature’s perfect food!" It contains every vitamin, mineral and amino acid that the human body needs.
The history of bee pollen is even older than mankind. Bees buzzed over our planet long before humans came into existence. The pollen and honey produced by the bees provided nourishment for animals in the very early days and later for people as well. We now know that primitive man not only fought the bees for their honey, but also feasted on the bee pollen stored in the comb. Aboriginal tribes still feast on bee grubs and regard bee pollen and honey as "well worth the price of a few stings."
The Bible, Torah, Koran, along with the scrolls of the Orient, the writings of ancient Greece and Rome, even the relatively recent Book of Mormon, all praise the industrious honeybee and her highly nutritious and healing products of the beehive. There are even legends which claim that bee pollen was the secret "ambrosia" eaten by the ancient gods to acquire eternal youth.
The health benefits of bee pollen are plentiful. Heck, even Hippocrates stated bee pollen contained the secret against old age and from what I understand he was a pretty smart guy. So perhaps it’s worth reading a bit further.
Before moving on though, I will warn you - there is a lot of hype out there surrounding bee pollen. Just enter it into Google and you'll find dozens and dozens of supposed 'miracle cures' attributed to nothing but someone's pollen use.
I worked in my parents honey shop from the time I could walk and heard and saw hundreds of testimonials on the power and benefits of bee pollen.
Heck, I even met a guy who lived on nothing but bee pollen and fruit for six months! (I don’t recommend this).
But I never saw it 'cure cancer' or 'increase endurance by 50%' like some web sites claim. I did however see people with cancer use it as part of a comprehensive holistic health approach to their treatment and get well.
And I did see athletes achieve amazing results using bee pollen as one tool in their nutritional arsenal.
So just remember, there is NO ONE supplement that will 'do it all', like some marketers claim. And while I'd vote for bee pollen if I had to pick the closest thing to a 'do it all' supplement, remember that attaining perfect health will likely involve eating many healthy foods and taking many healthy supplements.
Here is a list of some of the many benefits of bee pollen - all from respected Doctors from around the world:
* Dr. Betty Lee Morales claims "Bee Pollen is the only known food which contains every essential nutrient needed by mankind for perfect health."
* Dr. Leo Conway treated over 60,000 verified cases of allergies with Bee Pollen and said "pollen immunization can be achieved by incorporating pollen in food. Resistance is built by continuing ingestion of bee gathered pollens from any location."
By the way, I'm currently putting bee pollen to "the allergy test" with my husband Mark, a long time allergy sufferer. Read his results here.
* Dr. G.J. Binding said "Pollen is a giant germ killer in which bacteria simply cannot exist and not only builds up strength and energy, but gives increased resistance to infection."
* Lars-Erik Essen, MD said "Pollen has a profound biological effect preventing premature aging of the cells and promoting growth of new tissue. It smooths away wrinkles and stimulates blood supply to all skin cells."
* Dr. Maurice Hanssen said "Pollen should be part of the ideal athletes diet, a diet pattern which produces maximum performance with no harmful side effects. Pollen is rich in micro elements that may not be present in the normal diet. The pre-sorbtion of bee pollen allows the trace elements to be incorporated in the body without excessive loss."
And here is an excerpt from my mother Annie's web site. She’s been working with bee pollen and royal jelly for over 28 years now and travels around the world learning and teaching the science of apitherapy (the science of using bee products for health).
I can honestly say she has seen and heard it all when it comes to bees and the benefits of bee pollen.
"Bee Pollen has been known to help speed up the healing process, revitalize the body's many systems and assist in protecting cells in our bodies from free radical damage - a major cause of cancer. It helps to improve unhealthy and/or aging skin, clear acne, age spots and plump wrinkles."
"It helps those who bruise easily, due to its rutin content which helps build strength in the capillary walls, helps strengthen the heart, helps fight anemia, and helps regulate high blood pressure by regulating blood flow.
A number of athletes use it to help increase their endurance and strength as well as a natural weight control."
"Rich in lecithin, bee pollen helps speed up calorie burning and stabilize faulty metabolism, and helps benefit digestion.
Bee Pollen targets the entire body, but gives a special boost to reproductive, immune and nervous systems. It has antibiotic, astringent, relaxant, tonic, and nutritive properties. It helps to correct and stabilize our body chemistry."
Most of the research on the therapeutic properties of bee pollen has taken place in Europe and Russia. Since the 1940s, many analytic studies have been conducted on bee pollen, particularly at the Laboratory of Apiary Research, near Paris, France.
These studies used both mice and humans and found bee pollen to be completely nontoxic for both. In nutritional tests, "hundreds of mice have demonstrated that pollen is a complete food and that it is possible to let several successive generations be born and live without the least sign of distress while nourishing them exclusively on pollen."
Researchers also discovered that bee pollen contained nutritive, energetic, and metabolic properties, as well as antibiotic substances that are effective against coli-bacillus and certain strains of salmonella.
Dr. Paavo Aitrola, a well-known nutritionist in his field, stated, "Pollen is the richest and most complete food in nature. It increases the body’s resistance to stress and disease and also speeds up the healing process in most conditions of ill health..."
This is especially important today when pollution, pesticides, preservatives and the over-use of antibiotics continually challenge our immune system.
Dr. Leo Conway, M.D, who treats his patients with pollen by oral ingestion, explains:
"All patients who had taken the antigen (pollen) for three years remained free from all allergy symptoms, no matter where they lived and regardless of diet. Control has been achieved in 100 percent of the earlier cases and the field is expanding...
The Side Effects of Bee Pollen
Although it is a food, it is still important to talk about the side effects of bee pollen.
Some people are sensitive to it and can develop a slight reaction. This will happen especially if one takes too much of it or increase their intake too fast.
For example, some have an "over stimulated, super sensitive" immune system and are sensitive to any foreign substance, while others have "guts of steal" and can eat practically anything without a flinch.
Any foreign NEW substance entering the blood stream is considered an invader and the immune system is sent in to investigate and defend. Then the body makes immunoglobins (link) to protect you so that the next time the same substance comes in, you won’t be as reactive.
It is the people whose immune systems overreact that tend to experience the perceived side effects of bee pollen.
Bee Pollen IS NOT a drug.
However, it is possible that you could be sensitive to it the same way you are sensitive to food. This sensitivity can manifest itself as a side effect of bee pollen.
Hypersensitive? Here's How to Minimize the Side Effects
Remember, for best results, bee pollen is taken gradually at first and if tolerated well can be increased up to 1 TBSP per day or more. To find out if you are sensitive to bee pollen, first take one kernel and place it under your tongue. Leave the pollen particle there until it is absorbed completely into the mucous membrane. The components of the bee pollen will go directly into your blood stream. This will rule out hypersensitivity and the side effects of bee pollen.
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Bee Pollen - Eat to prolong longevity and reverse
Bee pollen can be described as one of the most nutritious foods on the planet. It has been referred to as a "Naturès fountain of youth" because it provides so many health benefits. It may even be a cure for certain health problems.
Bee pollen has been used for thousands of years. It was used by the early Egyptian and Chinese civilizations. It was also used by Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, 2500 years ago. Bee pollen is made from plant pollen, a dust sized seed found on the stamen or male reproductive organ, of all flowers. As bees collect nectar from flowers, the pollen sticks to their legs. Bee pollen looks like tiny yellow, tan, orange, and brown balls.
One of the most amazing things about bee pollen is that it contains all of the nutrients that you need to live. Some studies have shown that mice only fed bee pollen showed no signs of malnourishment. Bee pollen consists of 55% carbohydrates, 35% protein, 3% vitamins and minerals, 2% fatty acids, and 5% other substances. It also contains 14.2% fiber. Bee pollen contains 5 to 7 times the amino acids found in equal weights of beef, milk, eggs or cheese. It is also very high in Vitamin B-complex, which is needed in order to help the body function correctly, and several antioxidants including lycopene, selenium, beta carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E. It also contains lecithin, which has been shown to normalize cholesterol and triglycerides, and it decreases LDL cholesterol, the "bad cholesterol," and increases HDL cholesterol, the "good cholesterol."
1. It increases energy levels, most likely due to its high concentration of B vitamins, protein, and amino acids. You may feel a significant increase in your energy levels right away, and it will also improve your stamina and endurance.
2. It may help with weight loss. It contains lecithin, which helps to remove fat from the body and also increases metabolism. Bee pollen also has some diuretic capabilities, which help to decrease food cravings and hunger pangs. This also helps with weight loss.
In addition to these benefits, bee pollen also is beneficial in improving your immune system, decreasing menstrual cramps, decreasing acne, helping wounds heal quicker, decreasing depression and fatigue, normalizing blood glucose. Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/030466_bee_pollen_longevity.html
30 years ago my sister Teonila spoke to me about the pollen, she was consuming it regularly and she consumes it up to today, her age 78 years and her health excellent. I remained impressed by the healthy properties of the pollen and also I started consuming it. The pollen helped me very much to balance my nerves and to relieve a chronic allergy that I was suffering from young.
When my 8-year-old son suffered a severe allergic picture, I did not hesitate to supply pollen him and I did it for 2 years, 1 teaspoon of pollen every day; his allergy improved notably and in general his health. Today my son is 26 years old, his height 1.85 and it is probable that the pollen has influenced his high stature. The pollen contains a great concentration of hormones of the growth.
Throughout the years, in house we have consumed the pollen with break periods. One year ago my wife and I have restarted the consumption of pollen, 1 spoonful every morning and among others things I notice her healthful and luminous face, she is 57 years old. I feel very well and the pollen surely contributes to my well-being of health.
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