Bee Pollen Vitamins & Minerals
Bee pollen vitamins and minerals, in addition to the high protein content of this superfood, include over a dozen vitamins, 28 minerals, 11 enzymes and co-enzymes, and 14 fatty acids. It truly is Mother Nature's multi-vitamin! While I agree that it is important to supplement with a high potency, gender specific multi-vitamin and mineral supplement every day, I believe it is even more important to include as many phyto-nutrients and phyto-chemicals as possible through the diet. Scientists simply are not able to replicate all of the healthy compounds found in nature. There are those that claim we haven't even identified all of the substances in bee pollen yet! My point is this - compliment your multi-vitamin and mineral supplement with a tablespoon or two a day of bee pollen to make sure you are getting many of the amazing nutrients that nature made for us. In fact, I bet that you'll get better absorbtion and assimilation of your vitamins and minerals by doing so! That means more vitamins in your system and less in the toilet!
Bee Pollen VitaminsYou will find many websites that claim bee pollen contains exact amounts of certain vitamins and minerals. This is not the case. Bee pollen can contain the list of vitamins below and usually it does. But many things effect the actual amounts of these vitamins in a particular harvest of bee pollen including location, local plant life and temperature. This is why I fail to list specific amounts contained and any source that does list exact amount is not accurate unless they've had that particular batch analysed. This is highly unlikely since it is quite expensive to do so.Provitamin A (beta-carotene) - (carotenoids) Vitamin B1 - (thiamine) Vitamin B2 - (riboflavin) Vitamin B3 - (niacin) Vitamin B5 - (pantothenic acid) Vitamin B6 - (pyridoxine) Vitamin B12 -(cyamocobalamin) Biotin Vitamin C - (ascorbic acid) Vitamin D & Vitamin E Vitamin K Choline & Inositol Folic Acid Rutin Vitamin PP (nicotinicamide) Bee Pollen MineralsCalcium & IronPhosphorus & Copper Potassium, Magnesium & Sodium (electrolytes) Manganese & Selenium Silica (great for the hair, skin & nails) Sulphur & Titanium Zinc (needed for the immune system) Iodine & Chlorine Boron & Molydbenum Enzymes & CoenzymesDiastase & PhosphataseAmylase & Catalase Saccharase & Diaphorase Pectase & Cozymase Lactic dehydrogenase Succinic dehydrogenase Bee Pollen Vitamins - CautionThere are many web sites out there as well as other published materials that claim that bee pollen contains all of the nutrients needed by mankind for complete and total health.I get asked about this quite a bit. While bee pollen is very nutritious and is a wonderfully healthy addition to a healthy diet, I don't recommend you attempt to live on bee pollen alone! I have had the good fortune of meeting a gentleman in the Dutchman's Gold shop who attempted to live on nothing but bee pollen and watermelon. And while he was alive, in my opinion, he didn't look healthy. So include as many fresh, natural whole foods in your diet as possible - eat many colors and varieties of foods as possible. And consider bee pollen the icing on the cake - it will help ensure that you obtain all of the healthy nutrients that Mother Nature intended.
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