Bee Pollen, Bee Power

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Bee pollen is one of the world's oldest youth foods. It is now being recognized by scientists throughout the world as a substance that can help promote youthful feeling, build resistance to ailments, help boost healing powers and provide dynamic energy. The scientific discovery of the youth-building powers of bee pollen in the current century was made some three decades ago by Russian biologist and experimental botanist, Nicolai Tsitsin.

When Professor Nicolai Vasilievich Tsitsin, a biologist and experimental botanist associated with the Longevity Institute of the U.S.S.R., did a study of centenarians in the Caucasus mountains of the Russian province of Georgia, he was looking for the common bond that had many Georgians living past 100 years and some reaching as high as 150 years old. Dr. Tsitsin discovered that these oldsters were mostly beekeepers with products from the beehive being their principal food. They kept the raw, unprocessed honey for themselves, and sold off the clear, so-called "pure" honey.

Knowingly or not, they were incorporating one of nature's richest and most nutritionally packed foods into their own diet. It's a food Russia routinely includes as nourishment for that country's competitive international athletes.

Pollen is known to contain 16 different Vitamins, including B12, 16 Minerals, 21 Enzymes and Co-Enzymes, all 18 Amino Acids and many other elements, not yet sufficiently investigated. The protein content of Pollen varies from 15 to 35% depending on floral sources. Pollen comes in all colors and taste varieties like herbs, from bitter to sweet, but all Pollens are valuable. It is the richest food with the smallest volume since it contains, when properly dried, only 4% moisture. One pound of Pollen is comparable in its nutritional value to about 15 pounds of Fresh Vegetables, Salads and Fruits or in regard to its Proteins with about 5 pounds of Beef, 32 Grams or 2 flat tablespoons of Pollen would cover the daily requirements of a person in regard to essential Proteins. This is especially interesting to know for people living on a Vegetarian diet. Bee Pollen is a pure unprocessed substance of 100% plant origin, produced by the flowers of herbs, plants and trees and collected by honeybees, with no man-made additives or preservatives. One of Nature's Greatest Gifts to Mankind.

Many American athletes and Olympic stars depend on honeybee pollen. Muhammed Ali, former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, popped down the pellets during all the years he was actively defending his title. Steve Riddick, U.S. Gold Medalist in the 1976 Olympics, drank the bee pollen in milkshakes and vegetable juice.

Honeybee pollen has the potential to contribute as a major food source for humans. It is a most nutritionally complete food with literally no ill side effects.

After the 1972 Olympics at Munich, it was revealed that Finland's Lasse Viren, winner of the 5,000 meter and 10,000 meter track event, had been eating honeybee pollen regularly for years. Between training and competition, every day he swallows four to ten capsules containing the pollen. Now, all the Finnish team take honeybee pollen regularly. They sprinkle it on their morning cereal, slip it into tall glasses of freshly squeezed fruit juice, pop it into their mouths as bee pollen pellets, spread it as a honey paste on whole grain bread, or take it in tablet form along with their daily quota of vitamins and minerals.