Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Health Benefits of Royal Jelly

The Buzz On Royal Jelly
Queen Bee Food for You
By Sarah Wassner Flynn, SheKnows

Nope, royal jelly not some regal spread you slap together with peanut butter for a quick-fix snack. Rather, royal jelly is a creamy substance produced by young nurse worker bees to feed the Queen Bee in a hive. And just as it services her Majesty, this bee-vital substance can provide a healthy bonus to humans, too. Here is why you should make the Queen Bee’s food part of your diet.

Honey is not the only good stuff you can get out of a beehive. Royal jelly, the substance that keeps the Queen Bee thriving, can give your body just as much of a healthy buzz. Secreted from the head of a worker bee, the milky liquid is fed to both young larvae for the first three days of their lives and to the Queen Bee, who receives a daily dosage throughout her life. Containing a plethora of proteins, minerals, and vitamins, it is no surprise that the Queen’s five-year lifespan vastly outnumbers that of her minions, who merely live for 40 days...

What are the Health Benefits of Royal Jelly?

In the health field, the buzz on royal jelly is purely positive. Subscribers say the boost of vitamins and nutrients works wonders on everything from bronchial asthma to bad skin (in fact, the popular Burts Bees line of skincare products offers soaps and creams specially blended with royal jelly). Plus, its high amino acid content benefits the body’s ability to fight infection and disease. In addition, many cancer patients who have recently undergone radiation and chemotherapy take royal jelly supplements to boost their immune systems and rebuild destroyed cells...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where can you buy fresh royal jelly in the US? I've read it loses most of its nutritional properties after 48 of being harvested.

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benefits of royal jelly said...

Have you also heard that royal jelly also increases women's fertility? A study carried out by the Yugoslavian gynecologists, Bogdan Tekavcic, pointed out that the women who followed a treatment based on royal jelly and pollen, managed to get rid of the menstrual cycle problems. The other group of women, who followed the traditional medication, suffered no improvement of their health problem.