Bee Pollen Benefits and Facts of Bee Pollen

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The benefits of Bee Pollen have been written about for thousands of years in ancient medical texts.

Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, believed that bee pollen contributed to long life. Russian researcher Prof. Nicolai Vasilievich Tsitsin, a biologist and experimental botanist at the Longevity Institute, tried to discover why so many natives of Georgia, formerly of the Soviet Union, reportedly lived to upwards of 125 years old.

Most of these modern Methuselahs who live in dry, desert-like climates, are beekeepers, who every day eat raw, unprocessed honey with bee pollen." All of the 200 or more people past 125 years of age in Georgia, without exception, state that their principal food is pollen and honey - mostly pollen," said Prof. Tsitsin. Naum Petrovich Joirich, M.D., chief scientist at the Longevity Academy in Vladivostak, said that "long lives are attained by bee pollen users. Bee pollen is one of the original treasure houses of nutrition and medicine. Each grain contains every important substance necessary to life."

Bee Pollen contains all of the nutrients needed to sustain life. In fact, studies have shown that generations of mice have been born and lived on bee pollen exclusively, with no signs of malnourishment.

Bee Pollen has high concentrations of the B vitamin complex, and also contains Vitamins A, C, D, and E. Its composition is: approximately 35% protein, 55% carbohydrates, 2% fatty acids, and 3% minerals and vitamins. Because of its B vitamin complex, bee pollen is often taken for increasing energy and vitality.

Bee Pollen is also used to bolster immune function, and for detoxifying the body. There have also been a number of clinical trials with respect to its promising ability to ward off cancerous tumors in mice.

Athletes often use bee pollen for endurance, strength, stamina, and mental clarity. There have also been some studies that show it may help in alleviating allergies. A number of Olympic athletes and prominent professional boxers have attributed their improved energy and stamina to a regular intake of bee pollen.

Bee pollen has helped manage menstrual pain and irregularities, as shown by a double-blind study of Bogdan Tekavcic, M.D., chief of the Ljubljana Center for Gynecology in Yugoslavia. For two months, half of the women in the study were given a mixture of bee pollen and royal jelly, and the other half a placebo. Almost all the women taking bee products demonstrated vast improvement or total disappearance of menstrual pain. The placebo group showed little or no change.

Experiments reveal that bee pollen is an amazing biological stimulant with healing properties. In his book Sexual Nutrition, Morton Walker described the effects of bee pollen on both animals and humans with a variety of medical disorders. Treatment with bee pollen improved energy levels, relieved constipation and diarrhea and acted as a tranquilizer for hyperactive patients. Other effects were increased blood hemoglobin ( the part of the red blood cell ) and stress reduction at the cellular level.

Bee pollen may also protect against wind-borne allergens that cause hay fever and even asthma. Ullrich Wahn, M.D., a researcher at Heidelberg University Children’s Clinic in Germany, studied 70 children with hay fever and allergy-related asthma. He fed them a solution of bee pollen and honey daily during the annual hay fever period and three days weekly during the winter. Most of the children presented fewer symptoms after following this regimen.

Bee pollen reportedly can keep the skin youthful looking. Lars Erik Essen, M.D., a dermatologist in Halsingborg, Sweden, said that pollen exerts a powerful biological influence in preventing premature aging of cells and in stimulating growth of new skin tissue. Dr. Essen said that bee pollen can help deliver more blood to the skin cells, guard against dehydration and smooth away shallow wrinkles.

Bee Pollen Facts

Various foods have been hailed as "perfect". One that deserves this distinction but is rarely mentioned is bee pollen. Studies from all over the world indicate that the pollen collected by bees from the stamen of flowers is worth its weight in gold. Bee pollen contains 22 amino acids (and higher amounts of the eight essential ones than most high-protein foods), 27 mineral salts, the full range of vitamins, hormones, carbohydrates, and more than 5,000 enzymes and coenzymes necessary for digestion and healing. A little known fact is that bee pollen is also rich in the bioflavonoid rutin, important for capillary strength, and in vitamin B12. It is, in fact, one of the few vegetable sources of this vitamin. Preliminary observation indicates that bee pollen may prevent cancer. The Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in New York City has been studying effects of bee pollen, royal jelly and bee venom on cancer.

Bee pollen is touted as a general cure-all for many things and as a high source of nutrition. Its richness in these nutrients may help contribute to overall good health and energy. It seems to help prevent the symptoms associated with hay fever, like sneezing, eye-watering, runny nose and other allergy-related ailments.

Lastly, bee pollen is taken as a fat loss supplement. It contains a substance called lecithin that flushes fat from the body and stimulates the metabolism to burn calories more quickly.

Precautions and other Bee Pollen Facts

Although there are many benefits of Bee Pollen, those who are allergic to bees should avoid bee pollen (and other bee products).

Bee pollen is nature’s most complete food, rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acids and a complete source of protein. It can give us that extra edge to stay healthy. Get the edge. Take pollen. An all-around nutritional supplement, bee pollen is ideal for daily use.

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I know that many of these points can be augured , but I'm a life long beekeeper and I have seen and feel the difference when I workout with and without a fresh pollen sup .
I choose take it . It give me a energy boost a lot like when you drink fresh extracted vegetable juice .
 
I never knew there were so many nutrients in bee pollen... I've been eating the locally made raw honey for years for the carbohydrates and to hopefully help with my seasonal allergies. I'm not sure if the honey has helped with my allergies but the last few years i haven't had to take any kind of anti-allergy medication at all.

Any idea if the bee pollen would cause a allergic reaction to somebody who is allergic to pollen? I've wanted to try pollen for a while but am afraid that I'll suck down a spoonful and need to follow it with a bottle of benadryll.
 
I never knew there were so many nutrients in bee pollen... I've been eating the locally made raw honey for years for the carbohydrates and to hopefully help with my seasonal allergies. I'm not sure if the honey has helped with my allergies but the last few years i haven't had to take any kind of anti-allergy medication at all.

Any idea if the bee pollen would cause a allergic reaction to somebody who is allergic to pollen? I've wanted to try pollen for a while but am afraid that I'll suck down a spoonful and need to follow it with a bottle of benadryll.
I always keep local raw honey around and I start giving it to my daughter by the tbs as soon as she shows the first sign of allergy or cold/flu. Works like a charm. Also clears up chest congestion and even destroys stomach viruses. ;)
 
I've been a beekeeper since childhood
I have 15 colonies at the moment and I mainly collect pollen , but the honey is always there if I want it.
I could never consume as much as they produce .
 
I've been a beekeeper since childhood
I have 15 colonies at the moment and I mainly collect pollen , but the honey is always there if I want it.
I could never consume as much as they produce .

Beekeeper huh? That's cool. You experienced any of that colony collapse? I wish I could remember that fungicide that I just read was determined to be the culprit in the huge disappearance of bees worlwide. Know anything about that?
 
Oh ! Yes !
I've been breeding disease and pestilence resistance bees for a very long time.
After studying CCD I have came to a firm conclusion the the problem is a diluted gene pool.
As with most creatures inbreeding results in all types of disorders.
With CCD being one of them .
I could elaborate more on this subject if it is of any interest to anyone here.
 
Oh ! Yes !
I've been breeding disease and pestilence resistance bees for a very long time.
After studying CCD I have came to a firm conclusion the the problem is a diluted gene pool.
As with most creatures inbreeding results in all types of disorders.
With CCD being one of them .
I could elaborate more on this subject if it is of any interest to anyone here.

Yeah fucker I'm interested. That's why I asked. Furthermore, I read about that fungicide mentioned, finding it easy to believe it's a culprit. Still felt though, as there are other factors.
 
Oh ! Yes !
I've been breeding disease and pestilence resistance bees for a very long time.
After studying CCD I have came to a firm conclusion the the problem is a diluted gene pool.
As with most creatures inbreeding results in all types of disorders.
With CCD being one of them .
I could elaborate more on this subject if it is of any interest to anyone here.

Ohhhh.. YOU mean ANYONE who is NOT LOKE! Ok...
 
Ohhhh.. YOU mean ANYONE who is NOT LOKE! Ok...
Not at all Mr. Loke , but I just don't want to start getting flamed because of non revelant post in this bodybuild forum.
I would be happy to share this info with you .
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About 25 years ago I saw where beekeeping was headed.
As with all living creatures gene diversity is the key to survival.
So I decide to divide my fifty colonies (that I had at that time) into groups of
five. I separated them geographically by twenty five mile of more. I want to
know how each group would react under different conditions/stresses and not
interact with the others. All colonies were in Langs for ease of inspection. I
knew I could not isolate them entirely from colonies feral or otherwise. All I
wanted was to keep my own colonies apart. When I divide the fifty, I divided
then equally in strength and stores. All were healthy at the time of separation.
As the years went by I began to notice that one of two of the colonies were more
resilient than the others. I then decided that I needed to form a eleventh
group, this group I call Survivors. As more years went by the other groups had
every kind of pestilence with the exception of foulbrood. Why I don't know.
Those that would preservere I would add to the Survivor group after a time of
isolation from the parent group. After the first three years, two of the groups
that I gave basically no care to except to inspect every now and then, they were
the first to go. All groups received sugar water during a dearth.I was truly
hoping that at the minimum one of the ten would survive out of those two groups.
Let me cut to the chase. Treating with chemicals only seems to give a quick fix.
The pestilence continued to return and some level of infestation. It just seemed
like a waste of money.
I found that the best approach was through selective queen breeding from
survivor colonies. This concept seems to be a new approach to many these days,
but I assure you that it has been around since the beginning. I have learned
that whatever approach you choose, the quality of your bee stock will be the key
to the long term survival.
I've had many students through the years and I instructed them as to how to tell
from the outside of the colony the condition of the inside. If the outside isn't
telling you what you want, then it is time to look inside.
 
Not at all Mr. Loke , but I just don't want to start getting flamed because of non revelant post in this bodybuild forum.
I would be happy to share this info with you .
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About 25 years ago I saw where beekeeping was headed.
As with all living creatures gene diversity is the key to survival.
So I decide to divide my fifty colonies (that I had at that time) into groups of
five. I separated them geographically by twenty five mile of more. I want to
know how each group would react under different conditions/stresses and not
interact with the others. All colonies were in Langs for ease of inspection. I
knew I could not isolate them entirely from colonies feral or otherwise. All I
wanted was to keep my own colonies apart. When I divide the fifty, I divided
then equally in strength and stores. All were healthy at the time of separation.
As the years went by I began to notice that one of two of the colonies were more
resilient than the others. I then decided that I needed to form a eleventh
group, this group I call Survivors. As more years went by the other groups had
every kind of pestilence with the exception of foulbrood. Why I don't know.
Those that would preservere I would add to the Survivor group after a time of
isolation from the parent group. After the first three years, two of the groups
that I gave basically no care to except to inspect every now and then, they were
the first to go. All groups received sugar water during a dearth.I was truly
hoping that at the minimum one of the ten would survive out of those two groups.
Let me cut to the chase. Treating with chemicals only seems to give a quick fix.
The pestilence continued to return and some level of infestation. It just seemed
like a waste of money.
I found that the best approach was through selective queen breeding from
survivor colonies. This concept seems to be a new approach to many these days,
but I assure you that it has been around since the beginning. I have learned
that whatever approach you choose, the quality of your bee stock will be the key
to the long term survival.
I've had many students through the years and I instructed them as to how to tell
from the outside of the colony the condition of the inside. If the outside isn't
telling you what you want, then it is time to look inside.

Interesting! What I want to more of also is the opinion of a beekeeper/yours is about this fungicide. Isn't the disappearance of bees is not just captive colonies? There are next to no honeybees as there were when I was a kid. There appears also to be an abundance of yellow jackets, wasps, hornets and other winged stingers everywhere. Also a huge disappearance of bumble bees. Many confuse carpenter bees for BB's. Before I got popped I lived in a housing addition on a golf course. Early mornings/every morning they dump tons of herbicides,fungicides, pesticides and fertilizers. It amounts yearly to tonnage of chemicals. This is just one huge colf course of thousands doing the same. I won't even touch crops usage. With that being said, I take it your well aware of this environmental impact. So am I to take your opinion to be- this can be overcome by selective breeding at this point?
 
What I want to more of also is the opinion of a beekeeper/yours is about this fungicide

I am convinced that none of the socall reasons are the true reason for the decline.
CCD( Colony Collapse Disorder) has been assocaoted with the product Clothianidin, a pesticide manufactured by Bayer, has been clearly linked to die offs in Germany and France.
The strange this with CCD is that one day you look and you will have a normal thriving colonie.
Go check on it the next day and it will appear the the entire colonie has abaonded it.
Leaving brood( eggs, and capped larvae)and all their stores.
Which has made it very diffcult to forensically find the culpert since the is no bodies to analyze.

I take it your well aware of this environmental impact
Absolutely!

So am I to take your opinion to be- this can be overcome by selective breeding at this point?

No ! selective breeding can not solve all the problems.
For this post lets use the asumption........
" Are pesticides and the like the cause of CCD"

I will say the the chemicals are not doing a damn bit of good .
But , They can't be held 100% accountable.
We has a host of other honey bee pestilence and disease that could be the culprit's.
Let me direct you to Scientific American article about
"Is Life Too Hard for Honeybees?"
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=is-life-too-hard-for-honeybees

I've work with Jerry Hayes on many a project.

Thanks for the interest Loke .
People don't realize the impact honey bees have or out food supply . They die the we are very soon to follow.
 

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