Royal Jelly

Honeybees play a key role in crop pollination yet also manage to produce a host of healthy substances as a side effect of their activity - royal jelly is one such substance. Created to feed larvae and eventually to provide nourishment for the queen, royal jelly is a potent nutritive substance with a wide range of potential benefits.

As a supplement, royal jelly is generally found capsulated or less commonly in raw liquid form where it is seen as a creamy white substance. When in liquid form it is commonly pasteurized in accordance with local State and national food handling requirements. Pasteurized royal jelly is heated just like any other pasteurized product and is nutritionally impaired and contains no live enzymes. So the natural preference would clearly be for a product which has not been heat treated, and that's where the freeze dried royal jelly comes into play. This process is widely used in the food and in the nutritional supplement industry as when carefully implemented it removes water from a substance and nothing else.

There are various reported side effects some positive and some negative when it comes to health. Certain people can be allergic to bee products and suffer a reaction when taking royal jelly, or indeed bee pollen or propolis. Generally speaking people tend to assume that if they have a negative health reaction to a bee sting then they're going to be affected in the same way when they consume bee products, but this is not necessarily the case.

Lets take a look at some of the benefits associated with this product -

1. Royal jelly and energy
2. Royal jelly and anti aging
3. Royal Jelly and the immune system

ROYAL JELLY AND ENERGY

Many people take bee products for increased energy and stamina, bee pollen is widely associated with use by sports people. Royal jelly is a powerful substance with various vitamins and minerals including Vitamin B, which is known to be beneficial to energy. As an energy supplement it is generally taken a short time before extensive physical exercise and taken periodically to build latent stamina.

ROYAL JELLY AND ANTI AGING

It is high in amino acids including the essential amino acids that our body needs to take from food. Amino acids are associated with removing free radicals from the body which are in turn known to be the cause of cell destruction. Clinical studies in laboratory animals have indicated that royal jelly can prevent free radical damage and actually extend the lifespan of mice under lab conditions. Many people get to be at crossed purposes when the issue of anti aging and longevity is discussed as royal jelly is also used as a natural skin care product, where it can help repair damaged skin and remove facial wrinkles.

ROYAL JELLY AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

As mentioned it has been shown in lab trials that this substance can prevent free radical cell damage and support the immune systems ability to fees these cell damaging components. Royal jelly is rich in protein, vitamins B-1, B-2, B-6, C, E, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, inositol and folic acid, and contains seventeen times as much pantothenic acid as that found in dry bee pollen. Royal jelly health benefits are in its ability to modulate or regulate your immune system and provide a potent boost against common infections.