Bee Pollen

       

BEE POLLEN IS HARVESTED FREE OF CHEMICALS FROM PRISTINE CONSERVATION RESERVES WESTERN AUSTRALIA HAS A HIGH DENSITY OF UNIQUE PLANT SPECIES  THAT PRODUCE THE BEST QUALITY POLLENS IN THE WORLD. IT IS A NATURAL SOURCE OF PROTEIN; IT IS LOW IN FAT AND CONTAINS ESSENTIAL MINERALS AND VITAMINS.
POLLENS ARE DOMINATED BY AN ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID KNOWN AS LINOLEIC ACID, WHICH PLAYS A ROLE IN NATURAL WEIGHT LOSS. LINOLEIC ACID DECREASES THE AMOUNT OF FAT STORED AFTER EATING. IT CAN ALSO INCREASE THE RATE OF FAT BREAKDOWN IN FAT CELLS. THE HUMAN BODY CANNOT MANUFACTURE LINOLEIC  ACID AND SO MUST BE CONSUMED TO DO ITS WORK. POLLEN IS A GREAT SOURCE OF IRON, ZINC, MANGANESE AND COPPER WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL IN HUMAN HEALTH.
IRON AIDS IN THE FORMATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS AND DELIVER OXYGEN TO EVERY CELL. IRON BUILDS RESISTANCE TO INFECTION, STRESS AND DISEASE. LACK OF IRON CREATES ANEMIA. SYMPTOMS ARE TIREDNESS, FATIGUE AND UNATURAL PALE COMPLEXION. IT IS MOST COMMON IN WOMAN DURING MENSTRATION.
ZINC FACILITATES THE PRODUCTION OF ENZYMES WHICH ARE CRITICAL IN THE AID OF DIGESTION. ZINC ALSO STRENGTHENS IMMUNE SYSTEM DEFENCES.  GASTROINTESTINAL MALABSORBTION IS A SYMPTOM OF ZINC DEFICIENCY, AS WELL   AS SLEEP DISTURBANCES, INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, INCREASED ALLERGIC SENSITIVITY, SKIN DRYNESS AND WHITE SPOTS ON THE FINGERNAILS.
MANGANESE ENSURES HEALTHY BONE STRUCTURE THROUGH BONE BUILDING ENZYMES.  IT REGULATES BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS AND METABOLISM OF FATS AND CARBOHYDRATES. AN ANTIOXIDENT IN MANGANESE NEUTRALIZES FREE RADICALS WHICH ARE HARMFUL TO OUR WELLBEING. DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS INCLUDE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, MEMORY LOSS AND POOR EYESIGHT.
COPPER IS A CATALYST IN THE FORMATION OF HEMOGLOBIN. THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS ARE FOUND IN THE TISSUES OF THE LIVER AND EXCREATED AS BILE SALTS. IT HELPS THE BODY TO ABSORB IRON AND IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE MAKING OF RED BLOOD CELLS. COPPER IS A NATURAL YEAST FIGHTER AND AIDS INTESTINAL ENZYME ACTIVITY. DEFICIENCIES LEAD TO SKIN PROBLEMS, DEPRESSION, BINGE  EATING AND DEPLETION OF OXYGEN IN THE CELLS.

 

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