Bee Pollen Research & Studies
I am a real science buff and scour the scientific journals weekly for the latest bee pollen research and studies. As I come across them, I will publish them here. I often get asked why there are not more bee pollen studies done. Unfortunately, it comes down to money. Studies are only done on a substance if someone (usually a company) can patent the ingredient and then profit from it. But you can't patent bee pollen so studies are few and far between. Bee Pollen Research: AllergiesConsider the following data as reported in the Journal of Allergy:• 73 % of patients with hay fever averaged a 75% improvement in their symptoms when given Bee Pollen orally • 78% of asthma patients averaged a 75% improvement after taking Bee Pollen • 17.8% of hay fever sufferers and 33.3% of asthmatics experienced a complete improvement on oral Bee Pollen supplements • the earlier Bee Pollen supplementation was begun prior to allergy season, the greater the rate of its success Another Allergy Relief StudyAnd here is another positive study as reported in the Journal of Phytotherapy Research in April 2009:Scientists at the Juntendo University School of Medicine in Japan fed mice bee pollen on a daily basis. What they found was that by doing this, the number of mast cells activated was reduced in a dose dependent manner (the more bee pollen they gave the mice, the better the result). Mast cells are responsible for the production and release of histamine when you come into contact with an allergen. Histamine triggers the inflammatory response you know as sneezing, itching, a runny nose and coughing. Hence the term anti-histamine when it comes to allergy drugs. So to reduce the amount of histamine being produced is VERY good for allergy sufferers. And this study confirms bee pollen's ability to do this! Bee Pollen Research on Boosting Reproductive PerformanceThe effect of bee pollen on productive and reproductive performances of adult buck rabbits and their offspring was studied during winter and summer seasons.Forty New Zealand White bucks were equally divided among four groups feeding the same commercial diet and receiving a water solution containing, respectively, 0 (control), 100, 200 and 300 mg bee pollen/kg body weight, twice per week along two experimental periods. The experimental periods were listed for ten weeks both during winter (30-40 weeks of age) and summer seasons (56-66 weeks of age). During the trials, body weight, body weight gain, total feed intake, semen quality, fertility and blood constituents were determined. Fertility was determined after natural mating with no treated females. For each season, 80 weaned rabbits obtained from the bucks of the control group were equally divided (20 per group) among 4 levels (0, 100, 200 and 300 mg/kg BW) of bee pollen, given as a water solution twice per week. The offspring sired by bucks given 100, 200 and 300 mg (20 for each group and season) were not administrated bee pollen. The effect of bee pollen on growth performance of rabbits was studied from 4 to 12 weeks of age. Bee pollen at 200 mg/kg BW significantly improved semen quality, increased fertility percentage, improved biochemical profiles of blood and helps outstanding of bucks during both seasons. The same concentration of bee pollen increased body weight gain and survival rate and reduced feed intake and feed conversion ratio of offspring up to 12 weeks of age.
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