Throughout the ages mankind has relied on the benefits of royal jelly and bee pollen to promote good health and longevity. As far back as 1100 BC there are records of civilizations utilizing substances from the beehive in their everyday lives. Bee pollen and honey were consumed as health tonics, propolis was taken and used as an anti-septic in the treatment of cuts and wounds, and royal jelly was taken to aid digestive function and improve sexual health and well-being.

In modern times, with the use of modern equipment and controlled clinical studies, we have come to understand where the benefits of royal jelly come from and how bee pollen can help us with fitness and stamina.

Both products are high in vitamins, minerals and amino acids. The vitamin and mineral content is one which can be effectively assimilated by the body and the nutritive elements put to good use. Much of what we ingest, particularly in vitamin supplement form, is expelled by the body without any real benefit being taken. With the live enzymes and easily assimilated nutrients of bee products, the body takes the vitamins, minerals and amino acids and puts them to good use.

Many studies have been made into the benefits of royal jelly and science has shown us that it is a nutritive substance which is packed with powerful substances to improve our health. But even today, there are unknown elements and components to royal jelly, which we can see the effect of but we cannot recreate synthetically in a lab. These unknown elements may be what are responsible for the remarkable growth, reproductive capacity and longevity of the Queen bee, who is fed an exclusive diet of royal jelly in the hive.

While common worker bees consume bee pollen and honey, the Queen feeds only on royal jelly and develops into a powerful reproductive machine, living six times longer than the average worker bee.

Bee pollen of course has its uses as many of us know. Used by athletes for centuries, it provides stamina and improved energy, promoting physical fitness and well-being.

Combining the substances from the beehive can create a nutritive powerhouse, and you can oftentimes feel the benefits within minutes. Regardless of the speed at which the benefits occur, you can rest assured that their high amino acid content will be working silently from within, boosting the immune system, aiding in digestive regulation, weight control, reproductive health and much more.

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1 – Always buy products that originate here in the USA. There are some exceptions, but even they come with a risk. For example, New Zealand and Australia have a reputation for good quality, though there are obvious costs and shipping risks associated with their products. China and other parts of Asia are well known for producing the raw material and there are reputable suppliers in Asia who provide quality bulk ingredients to processors here in the States. But capsulated (ready to consume) products originating from China are generally very poor quality and often the product doesn’t contain what’s stated on the labels.

2 – If you’re looking for a replacement for multi-vitamins, or needing the complete spectrum of nutrition from your bee products, you’ll need to take all four. That is – bee pollen, royal jelly, honey and propolis. So consider a combination product that has all four ingredients in one capsule, as with Total Bee Plus. This will save you money and the ratio’s of ingredients are carefully selected for optimum benefits.

3 – Look next for the milligram (quantity) of each ingredient within the capsule. Manufacturers offering combination products like Total Bee Plus will tend to load the capsule with bee pollen, since it is much less expensive that royal jelly and propolis. Total Bee Plus is one of the few exceptions, it has 600mg of royal jelly per capsule, along with the bee pollen, propolis and honey in good quantity. So from 4 capsules per day you’ll get 2400 mg of royal jelly and 5000mg total active ingredients – a very potent capsule.

4 – Look for the number of capsules per bottle, then study what the recommended daily dosage is. Most bottles are designed to give a one month supply, but that’s not always the case, so be sure you understand what your monthly cost commitment is going to be.

5 – Quality / Integrity / Longevity – try to form a relationship with a company that’s been around for a while and has an offline presence, such as a lab facility or retail store. Usually that’s an indication of a good company.

And don’t forget, if you have questions about a product that you find online, don’t be afraid to ask! – you’ll get a good feel for the company’s commitment to customer service in the way they respond to your questions. If you have specific health questions, it’s unlikely that you’ll receive specific advice, since legally, companies are not permitted to supply medical advice unless they have a registered health care practitioner on their books.

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As we’ve talked about elsewhere, research into the affects of bee products is quite scarce, but we offer the following reference papers which are widely available online, and if you care to you may search and read the specifics of each of the studies.

TOWNSEND, GF., MORGAN, J.F., HAZLETT, B. Activity of 10-hydroxydecenoic acid from Royal Jelly against experimental leukaemia and ascitic tumours. Nature, v. 183, n. 4670, p. 1270-1271, 1959.

Blum, Murray S.; Novak, Arthur F.; Taber, Stephen, 10-Hydroxy-2-decenoic acid, an antibiotic found in royal jelly., Science (1959), 130 452-3.

Satomi, Koya-Miyata; Okamoto, Iwao; Ushio, Shimpei; Iwaki, Kanso; Ikeda, Masao; Kurimoto, Masashi. Identification of a collagen production-promoting factor from an extract of royal jelly and its possible mechanism. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry (2004), 68(4), 767-773.
Miyata, Satomi; Okamoto, Iwao; Ushio, Shimpei; Kurimoto, Masashi. Collagen production enhancer and production process and use thereof. PCT mt.Appi. (2005), 34 pp.
Takimoto, Hiroyuki; Motoyoshi, Katsuhiro. Skin or hair cosmetics. Kokai Tokkyo Koho (1998), 8 pp.

Wang, Guo-Yan; Lin, Zhi-Bin. Effects of 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid on phagocytosis and cytokines production of peritoneal macrophages in vitro. Zhongguo Yaoli Xuebao (1997), 18(2), 180-182

Yatsunami, Kazuhisa; Echigo, Takashi. Tamagawa Nogakubu Antibacterial action of royal jelly. Kenkyu Hokoku (1985), (25), 13-22.

Matsugami, Michio; Horikoshi, Haruyo; Kimura, Tomoshi; Koiso, Ichiro; Ochiai, Michio. Skin-whitening cosmetics. Kokai Tokkyo Koho (1986), 5 pp.
Karneda, Kenji; Chikaki, Mariko; Morimoto, Chie; Jiang, Ming; Okuda, Hiromichi. Insulin-like actions oftrans-10-hydroxy-2-decanoic acid and its related substances. Wakan Iyakugakii Zasshi (1996), 13(4), 456-457.
Fang, Erli; Zhou, Huazhu; Xu, Hongli; Xing, Meijuan. Antiulcer effects of 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid in rats. Zhongguo Yaolixue Tongbao (1994), 10(2), 13 9-42.

Xu Donghui; Mei Xueting; Xu Shibo The research of 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid on experiment hyperlipoidemic rat. Journal of Chinese medicinal materials (2002), 25(5), 346-7.

A summary of the various reference papers is as follows – royal jelly has many properties that may fight or inhibit the growth of tumors and cancerous cells, demonstrated in laboratory conditions on laboratory animals. Human studies into the affects of these substances have not been widely conducted and insufficient data exists with which to obtain FDA approvals for the substances in the treatment of cancers and other ailments.

The baby boomer generation are active in purchasing supplements, lotions and potions to help maintain a youthful appearance and active lifestyle. Often, supplement and skin care products can cost many hundreds of dollars each month and may have little or no tangible benefit to the user. We feel that level of expenditure is mostly unnecessary and is often the result of aggressive marketing techniques which lure people with the promise of extended life-cycles and young-for-ever appearance.
Bee products contain much more in nutritional terms than the vast majority of health supplements on the market, and their associated benefits to the immune system make place them in the elite few products that really could make a difference.

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Many refer to royal jelly as a “super food”, and for very good reason. Royal Jelly is high in proteins and is produced during the digestion of pollen by worker bees. During this process it is blended with enzymes and the resultant product fed to each bee destined to become a queen. During this cycle it becomes the exclusive food of the queen bee and enables her to lay up to 3,000 eggs per day during her six-year lifespan. In contrast, common worker bees eating ordinary honey live only four to six weeks.
Royal jelly benefits have been covered elsewhere in this blog and can also be found in more detail here Royal Jelly Benefits

Our interest lies mostly with royal jelly used as a supplement, but we do acknowledge and appreciate its topical uses, so much so that we developed a ‘test’ line of organic skin care products to showcase the benefits of royal jelly when used in lotions and cremes. This line is available at Lac Verde Naturals – royal jelly lotions and cremes and can be sourced in a select few beauty salons around the country.

Lac Verde Natural and Organic Skin Care products are formulated using the best products from the beehive along with certified organic herbs and essences. Lac Verde are careful to us only supplement grade royal jelly and beeswax, in their products since these are more nutritionally intact and should provide more benefit to the skin than heavily processed alternatives.
Herbs provide the essential oils and plant proteins in a safe and natural way, and the various lotions can be used safely by all the family.
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