Pollen
Pollen is used as a food additive in feeding the bees.
Due to its rich composition and pronounced biological effects, it is also used as a supplement aimed at increasing the resistance of the the human body.
Bee pollen grain is oval in shape and size from 10 to 150 microns.
When collecting pollen from flowers of plants bees mix it with secretions of the salivary glands and nectar. Then oval it in honey and make granules (pellets) with a size of 1-2 mm that weigh about 5-6 mg. Bees use pollen as food for the larvae, to produce wax and royal jelly.
It is rich in minerals: zinc, copper, chromium, vanadium, cobalt, nickel, gallium, molybdenum, phosphorus, zirconium, manganese, calcium, barium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and sulphur.
It is rich in protein: 20% - 60%. Includes irreplaceable aminoacids for human body. Contains four times more proteins than meat and twice as much than cheese.
It is rich in vitamins: C, B1, B2, B6, B8, E, provitamin A, folic acid, biotin, tocopherol, nicotinic acid (vitamin PP), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5).
Contains: lipids, aromatic substances ferments, fruit sugar, antibiotic substances.
Benefits:
- Bee pollen has a healing effect. Helps to build bones.
- Contained therein vitamin E positively influences potency.
- Rutin is a glucoside that provides increased resistance to the walls of the capillaries and its primary duty is to reinforce the general resistance throughout the entire capillary system. Rutin protects the entire organism against capillary permeability resulting from excessive radiation of x-rays or consecutive histamine injections. The richest supply of rutin is found in buckwheat pollen.
- Pollen is rich in lecithin, which normalizes the fat metabolism and thus help normalize weight.
- Pollen is very rich in selenium, which acts preventively in some cancer diseases, helps the organism in recovery from illness.
- Increases resistance to stress, stimulates cell division, promotes the growth of the young organism.
- Useful for mental strain
- Regulates intestinal flora
- Provides much needed mineral and amino acids to carry out normal metabolism in the body.
- Its antioxidant action cleanses the body from free radicals.