Bee Pollen Or Royal Jelly – Which Is The Best?
Most people ask this question about whether they should opt for bee pollen or royal jelly. Actually, both have remarkable qualities as a nutritional supplement but there are certain advantages of each, which I shall outline below.
Watch this video on the queen bee and some fertility benefits of royal jelly
Royal jelly
First of all let us look at royal jelly. If you have ever seen it, you will remember it as a very creamy opalescent white liquid. As its name suggests, this is what the worker bees produce exclusively for use by the queen bee.
Queen bee works so hard!
When we look at the astonishing physical capabilities of the queen bee, we realize what a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals royal jelly must be. The queen bee measures 17 mm in length and she weighs about 200 mg whereas the worker bees are much smaller and lighter.
She lays an astonishing number of eggs in her lifetime- this number could be over 2,000,000. Her daily average is around 2,000 eggs. She lives much longer too than the average honeybee.
Royal jelly has some unique components
As for whether to choose bee pollen or royal jelly, the latter has certain unique components which make it in some ways superior to the pollen.
For example, did you know that royal jelly contains gelatin which is the precursor of collagen which is widely sought after in skincare and this is what holds our skin fibres together and make our skin taut and smooth.
Royal jelly contains 16% of aspartic acids which are crucial for tissue growth. In addition, it contains all seventeen amino acids. The eight essential amino acids are included. It is particularly sought after because it contains a higher percentage of cystine, lysine and arginine.
Health benefits of royal jelly
The health benefits of royal jelly are too numerous to mention here but I want to point out that the following ones have been noted and well researched :-
• it may have anti cancer properties as research in Croatia and Japan has shown.
• it can help arthritis sufferers
• it can stimulate the growth of brain stem cells which means that it will be enormously valuable in research into both Parkinsons and Alzheimer’s disease.
As regards other differences between bee pollen or royal jelly, it should be noted that the pollen has a very high protein content. Estimates put this as between 25% and 40% and it has a higher protein density than the classic sources such as eggs and meat.
Bee pollen also has the following advantages over royal jelly :-
• it is superior as a destroyer of free radicals and that means it can help us fight off the effects of pollution, and even radiation.
• it can provide us with immunity from allergies
• it is extremely rich in rutin which can help with coagulation and also stop bleeding.
• Rutin helps in keeping blood pressure low and also can assist in cardiac health.
Now that we have seen that bee pollen or royal jelly debate could go on for ever, why not discover more about bee pollen which we personally recommend and which can be easily taken in supplements or capsules.
