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Do you ever wonder why a candy bar at the supermarket costs less than a piece of fruit? Or why a bag of chips costs only a fraction of a husk of lettuce? As tax time comes around I am reviewing my finances and finding that most of my hard earned dollars….are going towards my nutrition. I spend somewhere between $400-$600 per month on food….and do I regret this?!? NOT ONE BIT! Actually I see it as a way to prevent big medical bills in the future, I am preventing disease and giving my body health, energy and and love through the choices I make on the things I eat!

So my SiTv community….I will begin doing “Food Profiles” of the different superfoods that I put into my body, as a way to share with YOU all the resources and information necessary to nurture a healthy body!

Today’s “Food Profile” is of BEE POLLEN….a natural ingredient that I put into absolutely EVERYTHING!

What is Bee-Pollen?
Bee pollen is one of nature’s healthiest and most powerful “superfoods.” It’s been used as a dietary supplement for thousands of years. The early Egyptian and early Chinese civilizations both used it as a physical rejuvenator and medicine. The Greek physician Hippocrates, recognized as the father of modern medicine, used pollen as a healing substance over 2,500 years ago. Today natural health practitioners often refer to bee pollen as an herbal “fountain of youth” that can be used for everything from weight loss to cancer prevention.

What is Bee Pollen?
Bee Pollen is the dust-sized seed found on the stamen of all flower blossoms. The pollen collects on the legs of honeybees as they move from flower to flower looking for nectar. The bees secrete nectar and special enzymes into the flower pollen to create what we know as “bee pollen”. The pollen is usually collected by placing a special device at the entrance of beehives that brushes it from the hind legs of the bees into a collection vessel.

What’s IN Bee Pollen?
Bee pollen contains an incredible array of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, co-enzymes, and hormones. It is especially rich in B vitamins and antioxidants, including lycopene, selenium, beta carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, and several flavanoids. It is composed of 55% carbohydrates, 35% protein, 3% vitamins and minerals, 2% fatty acids, and 5% other substances. Overall, it's one of the most nutritionally complete natural substances found on earth.

What are the health Benefits of Bee Pollen?
Bee Pollen has been known to help people lose weight, increase energy, vitality and stamina, enhance the immune system, relieve allergy and asthma symptoms, improve sexual function, correct digestion problems, slow the aging process, prevent cancer and other diseases.

Researchers have demonstrated that there is a substance in bee pollen that inhibits the development of numerous harmful bacteria. Experiments have shown bee pollen contains an antibiotic factor effective against salmonella and some strains of bacteria. On the clinical level, studies have shown that a regulatory effect on intestinal function can be attributed to bee pollen. The presence of a high proportion of cellulose and fiber in pollen, as well as the existence of antibiotic factors, all contribute to an explanation for this efficacious effect.

Working with lab animals has demonstrated that the ingestion of bee pollen has a good effect on the composition of blood. A considerable and simultaneous increase of both white and red blood cells is observed. When bee pollen is given to anemic patients, their levels of hemoglobin [oxygen-carrying red blood cells] increase considerably.

It is reported that bee pollen in the diet acts to normalize cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood: Upon the regular ingestion of bee pollen, a reduction of cholesterol and triglycerides was observed. High-density lipoproteins (HDL) increased, while low-density lipoproteins (LDL) decreased. A normalization of blood serum cholesterol levels is also seen.

Where can you buy Bee Pollen?
I get my Bee Pollen at Whole Foods in the “Superfoods” section. A small bag is about  $10, but it lasts quite a bit. The larger bag is a much better buy and it’s only $14. You can also find Bee Pollen at any Health Food Store.

How do you eat Bee Pollen?
I put it on EVERYTHING….in my smoothies, in cereal, in my salad dressing. Bee Pollen is naturally sweet; so you can add it as a topping to pretty much any dessert. You can throw it on cereal, oatmeal, etc.