Bee Pollen – A Medical Miracle?
Bee pollen has all the essential components of life. It is considered by many to be nature’s most perfect complete food. It is extremely loaded with vitamins and contains nearly all known minerals, trace elements, enzymes and amino acids. Bee pollen is also considered to be a first-rate source of anti-oxidants.
In fact, until companies such as the Fruta Vida International company begin producing products like acai fruit juice and acai pulp/berries, bee pollen was known as the miracle food.
Bee pollen is a 100% complete nutrient. When we take it, it helps to balance all of the incomplete and fast foods that we are used to eating in everyday life.
In addition, bee pollen is one of the most ancient health foods in the world. You can find references to bee pollen in most major religious texts including the Bible, the Torah, the Koran as well as ancient Chinese and Egyptian texts. And one of our most popular presidents, Ronald Reagan, took bee pollen for years.
And many people swear to the healing properties of bee pollen. They claim that it’ll give you increased energy, boost your body’s immune responses by increasing your red and white blood cells, increase longevity by repairing damaged cells, and help to cure all kinds of diseases with it’s built in antibacterial qualities.
In addition, people allege that it’s beneficial for the intestines, moderating and controlling the organisms dwelling there and helping to aid digestion and the assimilation of nutrition
But, as in most things, it’s always a good idea to remain as least a little skeptical. Thus far, I am aware of no reputable scientific study that supports the view that bee pollen is effective against any human disease.
So what exactly is bee pollen?
Pollen is created by the male part of the flowering plant. As the bee flits from flower to flower, it carries pollen with it, which cross-pollinates and fertilizes the plant. Some of the pollen also makes it back to the bee hive where bee keepers can then collect it.
And if you’re one of those who is negatively impacted by bee pollen, it is mainly due to the pollen which affects many with pollen allergies.In fact, there are documented reports of bee pollen and royal jelly triggering asthma, hives, sore throats, facial itches and even anaphylactic shock in people with allergies to specific pollens. And these reactions can occur with as little as one teaspoon of bee pollen.
But the true hidden danger of many people who take this nutrient is that they’ll believe so much in the effectiveness of bee pollen or some other current nutrient, that they will completely ignore the signs that their own body is giveing them. Nutritional supplements should never, ever take the place of consultation and treatment of your doctor or competent health care professional and nutritionist.
