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Royal jelly: what all the buzz is about.(wellness: supplements and functional foods)
Produced by glands in worker bees' heads, royal jelly is fed to larvae and the adult queen bee. The larvae that are fed only royal jelly become queen bees; those not fed royal jelly become simple worker bees. The queen grows 40-60 percent larger than the worker bees and lives 4-5 years, whereas worker bees live just 6 weeks oil average. The queen also produces one and a half times her own body weight in eggs, making royal jelly not only a longevity marvel but a fertility enhancer as well.
And if that's not enough, it's also a nutritional powerhouse. Royal jelly contains all of the B-complex vitamins, with high concentrations of pantothenic acid ([B.sub.5]) and pyridoxine ([B.sub.6]), plus minerals, vitamins & C, D and E, enzymes, hormones, and 18 amino acids. It also contains DNA and gelatin--a predecessor of collagen and an anti-aging compound that helps preserve skin. Royal jelly is a popular ingredient in cosmetics, particularly those marketed for skin rejuvenation, and it's found in creams or ointments for burn and wound healing.
What Are the Health Benefits?
Since the 1950s, people have believed that royal jelly has the ability to work myriad health miracles in humans as well as bees. Anecdotal evidence on its benefits abound. There are claims that it provides an immediate feeling of well-being, resistance to fatigue, a greater learning capacity and better memory. It is also reported to work as a stimulant, an immune-response intensifier, a fertility and libido booster, a cholesterol controller, a natural antidepressant and a weight-loss enhancer.
Research has linked royal jelly intake with the potential for health and healing, but experts caution that the data is preliminary as most of it has been conducted solely on laboratory mice and rats. According to Catherine Ulbricht, PharmD, chief editor of Natural Standard (naturalstandard.com), an international organization that researches alternative and complementary therapies, more studies on royal jelly need to be done.
Examples of royal jelly's promise can be found ...
- Living on Royal Jelly.(Poem)
- Magazine article from: The Literary Review Out, Outer June 22, 2004 700+ words
Living on Royal Jelly Royal Jelly Is the royal food of the Queen of Bees, they say A special kind of honey Quite unlike the ordinary honey Taken by ordinary worker bees Royal Jelly has class nature The Queen Bee eats it And maintains extraordinary...
- Jafra Cosmetics extols the benefits of Royal Jelly.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 18, 1986 700+ words
...healthier skin. Take Royal Jelly, for example, which is secreted by worker bees who deposit it in their...Queen Bee. It's this Royal Jelly that is responsible for...growing awareness of what Royal Jelly can do to enhance the...
- What's all the buzz about royal jelly?
- Magazine article from: Better Nutrition Scheer, James F May 1, 1996 700+ words
...he discovered: Female worker bees in the hive live only...fed an exclusive diet: royal jelly, a milky white substance from the glands of worker bees. They are also 40 to...Williams, who noted royal jelly's positive effect on...
- Doctors sound allergy warning on royal jelly
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Roger Dobson December 17, 1995 700+ words
JARS OF royal jelly, the health product favoured by royalty...threatening respiratory distress. Previously royal jelly - so-called because it is a food...cases of similar adverse reactions to royal jelly among asthmatics and people with allergies...
- Jafra Cosmetics International's Royal Jelly Lift Concentrate uses a unique...
- Magazine article from: Household & Personal Products Industry November 1, 2006 700+ words
Jafra Cosmetics International's Royal Jelly Lift Concentrate uses a unique combination of royal jelly and cutting-edge technology to help...help prevent the appearance of wrinkles. Royal Jelly Lift Concentrate uses specially engineered...
- CHINA TO PUBLICIZE NEW NATIONAL STANDARD FOR ROYAL JELLY.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News March 20, 2006 700+ words
...Pulse - A new national standard for royal jelly, a popular bee product in China, is...half of 2006 in a bid to eliminate fake royal jelly rampant in the domestic market, Luo...content of 10-HAD (unique ingredient in royal jelly that can enhance the human body's...
- DRUG WARNING ON ROYAL JELLY; Shops told to remove product.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) March 23, 2002 700+ words
...were today warned to remove Chinese royal jelly from their shelves after tests revealed...Standards Agency had shown that the Chinese royal jelly contained similar levels of the illegal...borough remove all products containing royal jelly unless it is clear the product does...
- Royal jelly can be life threatening.
- Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition January 1, 1995 700+ words
...asthma or allergies, stay away from royal jelly, a supplement being marketed as an...report from Australia, ingestion of royal jelly triggered asthmatic reactions in six...hospitalization in an intensive-care unit. Royal jelly is a secretion from the salivary glands...
