Can Royal Jelly help with Diabetes?

by J. Spurlock
(OK)

I heard a doctor on TV recently recommend RJ as a supplement for diabetics. I have learned a lot about it from your website and would like to know how much you would recommend to take per day. My husband was recently diagnosed. He has skin issues. I was very interested in learning how it can also lower cholesterol.

Angela's Response:

Great question. Studies show that royal jelly does have the ability to help control blood sugar. The exact mechanism by which is does this is not known. See the study I've reported on below. The study below used 20 grams of royal jelly which is a lot! To get the higher doses that it appears you'll need for diabetes, you'll need to use our Royal Jelly Concentrate 3X powder. Start with just a small dose (1/8 of a teaspoon) and work up to a teaspoon a day over a month. Work up to this dose very slowly and always monitor yourself for any type of allergy or 'weird' symptoms. I would suggest monitoring your blood sugar very carefully while beginning taking royal jelly and I'd also recommend letting your Doctor know that you are using supplements. It would be my guess that you'll need to lower your medication amounts over time as you introduce Royal Jelly into your system so be very cautious.

Here is the study:

Earlier studies have shown that royal jelly has insulin-like activity. A group of German doctors at the Justus-Liebig University Hospital in Germany had twenty volunteers undergo the standardized oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and afterwards a second OGTT after ingestion of 20 g of royal jelly.

The doctors found that after 2 hours, the serum sugar levels of the 20 volunteers were much lower after taking the 20 g of Royal Jelly than when they didn't take it.

So, if you have any type of blood sugar issue, try supplementing with RJ. (if you are on insulin or Glucagon, make sure you monitor your levels carefully - RJ will reduce your sugars)

I am prone to blood sugar crashes. After reading this study, I've religously taken my Royal Jelly daily and my blood sugar crashed have disappeared.