“New” Superfood Creates a BIG BUZZ
Move over chia seeds. There’s a NEW superfood in town.
This tiny granule is loaded with amino acids, antioxidants, vitamins, fatty acids, flavonoids, polyphenols, and more. And folks can’t stop buzzing about it.
But honestly, “new” isn’t precisely accurate.
Because even though you might not be familiar with this superfood yet, for thousands of years it’s been used for health purposes—including wound healing, energy boosting, and even as an aphrodisiac.
Here’s how it can help YOU today…
Bee pollen is a tiny ball of flower pollen packed by worker bees and used as the food source for the hive.
But it’s not just bees that can benefit from this tiny granule. We can too!
Bee pollen is essentially a complete protein because it contains all the amino acids your body needs to function. And numerous studies hint at the superfood power hiding inside those small pellets.
For example, bee pollen has potent anti-viral properties that can help fight back against respiratory illnesses—potentially even COVID-19.
In fact, in one study, bee pollen helped reduce symptoms and speed recovery in folks with COVID-19.
In a mouse study, bee pollen reduced anaphylactic shock during allergic reactions. This could be because the superfood prevents mast cells from releasing histamines, which are responsible for allergic reactions like redness and itchiness.
Bee pollen also has potent anti-inflammatory properties, reducing inflammation in the prostate and dialing down the pain of non-bacterial prostate gland inflammation.
And perhaps most incredible of all, studies show bee pollen has anticancer properties against…
- colon,
- pancreatic,
- cervical,
- skin, and
- lung cancers.
If you want to try adding this potent superfood to your routine, stir it into your coffee, add it to a smoothie, use it as a topping for yogurt, or mix it into oatmeal.
P.S. The “Secret Superfood” your body NEEDS.
SOURCES:
Bakour M, et al., New Insights into Potential Beneficial Effects of Bioactive Compounds of Bee Products in Boosting Immunity to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic: Focus on Zinc and Polyphenols. Nutrients. 2022 Feb 23;14(5):942. doi: 10.3390/nu14050942. PMID: 35267917; PMCID: PMC8912813.
Lima WG, et al., Bee products as a source of promising therapeutic and chemoprophylaxis strategies against COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2). Phytother Res. 2021 Feb;35(2):743-750. doi: 10.1002/ptr.6872. Epub 2020 Sep 18. PMID: 32945590; PMCID: PMC7536959.
