INTRODUCTION
Pollen is a new food. It has not been used for much more than thirty years in
human nutrition. Its market looks set for a prosperous future.
The chemical composition of pollen is not yet fully known. In general, pollen plays an important role in the transfer of active ingredients from the plant kingdom to humans, more than 50 active substances with a very broad spectrum of influence on the human organism have been identified in pollen .
Fresh pollen has a 100% efficiency in stimulating the development of the hypopharyngeal (nurse) glands of workers, after one year of preservation in the dry state, this efficiency is reduced to 76% and after two years to zero. It can therefore be concluded that pollen in storage is subject to chemical changes, that its content of active and beneficial principles decreases with duration and that it is advisable to consume less than one year. The main active substances that disappear after one year of storage are L-lysine and L-arginine.
Pollen as a protein food
With its average of 25% protein, pollen is one of the richest foods in amino acids. It is richer in protein than most foods known as such: meat, egg, fish, cheese, etc., 100 grams of pollen contain the same amount of amino acids as half a kilo of beef. It is not recommended to replace these foods with pollen but to partially replace them with one to two teaspoons of pollen per day. The latter, when it comes from several species of plants, contains all the essential amino acids, that is to say those which the human organism is unable to synthesize on its own.
Pollen as a physiological balance food
The known actions on the human body, pollen in dried pellets kept dry for less than a year, are as follows:
1) regulating action of intestinal functions, both in case of diarrhea and constipation,
2) increased hemoglobin levels in anemia,
3) increased appetite and weight in thin individuals, and rapid recovery of forces after influenza, depression and other diseases,
4) beneficial action on intellectual fatigue, probably due to its high content of amino acids,
5) fortifying action on the circulatory system, and in particular the capillary system, by the presence of rutin, a preventive glucoside for haemorrhages and fortifying the contractions of the heart,
6) positive action on the growth of young children,
7) Rejuvenating action by recovery of male power,
8) Beneficial action on liver functions and rapid recovery of health after jaundice,
9) very effective curative action of prostatitis.
It is necessary to insist on the particularly effective action of the pollen in the affections of the prostate. In fact, statistics indicate that prostate enlargement affects 30% of men aged 50 to 60, 60% of men aged 60 to 70 and almost 100% over 70 years. Prostate disorders can be prevented by consuming a little pollen each day from the age of 45 to 50 years. When prostatism is installed, it can be relieved by the daily intake of pollen and the latter can often avoid surgery.
Additional feeding dose
Despite the curative qualities of pollen, there is no need to consider it as a drug but rather as a complementary food to be taken daily in small doses. The normal amount for a healthy individual and especially from the age of 50 is one to two teaspoons each morning. In the case of illness or convalescence, one can go up to one to two tablespoons a day. Some people get used to their taste with difficulty. This taste can be camouflaged by mixing the amount of pollen that you want to consume each day with honey. There are cases of allergy to pollen ingestion, but they are very rare.
Currently, pollen is available for sale in dry and natural conditions in many countries. In some of them, it is also found in the form of therapeutic preparations:
In Romania, the Polenapinj.
In Argentina, Vitapol.
In Japan, the Aftopolen.
In Federal Germany, the Vital Prostatadiat, pellets of squash seeds and pollen
