ROYAL JELLY: NATURE’S ELIXIR!
Royal Jelly is a nutrient-rich and potent secretion produced by worker bees. Packed with essential vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, royal jelly serves as the primary food source for the queen bee, ensuring her longevity and fertility.
Composition
Royal Jelly is also called Nature’s Elixir because it contains an impressive array of essential vitamins, minerals, proteins, and lipids. It is highly enriched with proteins, comprising approximately 13% of its composition, making it a valuable source of amino acids. Additionally, it contains vital minerals such as calcium, iron, and potassium, as well as an array of B vitamins, vitamins A, C, D, and E.
Healing properties :
Here are 10 healing benefits of royal jelly:
- It boosts the immune system mucositis, in particular and also improves asthma rates.
- Studies have shown a cholesterol and lipoprotein-lowering effect of royal jelly, as well as triglyceride-lowering and HDL-increasing, conferring a benefit on cardiovascular health.
- It improves the blood’s glucose levels, as well as ulcerations related to diabetes.
- It improves anaemia rates by slightly increasing the number of red blood cells.
- It increases testosterone levels in men that regularly consume it, as well as improving sperm quality. Royal jelly has also been shown to have a positive impact on the FSH/LH ratio. Royal jelly increases libido, too.
- Consumption of 3000mg of royal jelly daily has been linked to increased cognition in middle and older age and is protective against Alzheimer’s disease.
- It increases collagen and improves the skin’s appearance. For that reason, it is also used to heal wounds; it increases fibroblast migration, cells in connective tissue that produce collagen. Royal jelly has been suggested in suppressing skin pigmentation, and hence is proposed as a candidate to inhibit melanogenesis, thus it could be developed as cosmetics skincare products. Melanin synthesis reduction occurs via tyrosinase expression down-regulation.
- Due to its nutrient combination, royal jelly (combined with other bee products) has been shown to alleviate unpleasant premenstrual symptoms, such as irritability, weight fluctuations and water retention.
- It eases menopausal symptoms. Research has shown that royal jelly protects against osteoporosis by decreasing bone resorption (anti-osteoclastic).
- Confers antiproliferative effects on neuroblastoma cells, making it a possible anti-cancer superfood