High Desert Bee Pollen Granules (227g)

While most people recognize the term bee pollen, many people do not know what bee pollen actually is or what it has to offer. Bee Pollen is one of nature¹s unique and most powerful foods. It is flower pollen that bees collect for food. Bee pollen offers an abundance of special plant nutrients including natural vitamin A, B Complex, C,D and E, a complex of minerals and 22 amino acids.

1. The nutrients found in Bee Pollen are extremely high quality. Not only does bee pollen contain high quality nutrients that can be burned as fuel, it also provides nutrients that are helpful in maintaining and promoting health.

2. The nutritional makeup of Bee Pollen is extremely broad spectrum. The wide range of nutrients found in Bee Pollen include polyphenols, enzymes, beneficial fatty acids, free amino acids, vitamin complexes, chelated minerals and trace elements, as well as a large array of phytonutrients that have yet to be identified. This nutritional diversity makes Bee Pollen an ideal dietary supplement as a complement and boost to a well-rounded diet.

3. The nutrients in Bee Pollen are very concentrated. This nutritional density means that even small amounts provide effective and valuable levels of important nutrients. In other words, bee pollen, as a food source or as a supplement, provides low volume, but high intensity, nutrition.

Enzymes are an important component of bee pollen, and they are only one of the many classes of nutrients in bee pollen that exhibit bioactivity. Other classes of bioactive phytonutrients found in bee pollen include polyphenols, phytosterols, carotenoids and more. HIGH DESERT Bee Pollen has been tested to have the highest polyphenol content of all of the whole foods yet tested.

There is a nutritional advantage to eating pollen blended from different geographic areas. Blending pollen from different geographic areas produces a product with a more balanced nutritional profile than that of local pollens. Look at your local bee pollen. It is mostly one single color. That's because it is mostly single source pollen, predominately from a limited number of species of plant. Look at HIGH DESERT Bee Pollen and you will see a rainbow of hues and colors. Each color represents a different species of plant. We collect bee pollen from a wide range of states and geographic areas and we blend the different pollen together. This is important for a balanced nutritional profile, especially considering the soil depletion of minerals and nutrients in certain areas. Only by blending pollen of different species and from different areas and climates can you achieve the balanced nutritional profile of HIGH DESERT Bee Pollen.

Proper quality control, processing and cold storage are all critical and expensive steps when manufacturing a raw, unprocessed superfood like bee pollen. Processing techniques have been developed to increase shelf life by preventing spoilage, but bee pollen is basically fresh produce, and like any living food, if you kill the nutrients with processing techniques, it ceases to be living! Processed pollen has been known to be baked to remove moisture, irradiated to prevent spoilage, and has spent minimal, if any, time in cold storage.

By contrast, HIGH DESERT Bee Pollen is the only bee pollen on the market that is stored cold from collection, through processing, until shipment to you. When you buy HIGH DESERT Bee Pollen, look at the granules. You'll find them semi-moist and fresh. Other brands of bee pollen granules are hard and dry - this is the compromise: these companies will not go to the expense of cold storing their product, so they sacrifice nutritional integrity for increased shelf life.

We recommend you start by eating just a few granules per day and gradually increase your intake until you are eating the optimum amount of 1 tablespoon 2 times per day with meals. As a dietary supplement, stir in fruit juice, mix with apple sauce, peanut butter, yoghurt or honey. Sprinkle on a salad or cereal, or add to protein drinks and milk shakes or combine with dried fruit, nuts, raisins and dates. Refrigerate after opening to prolong freshness.

Warning: If you suspect you have a sensitivity to honeybee pollen, consult your physician before use.

For further information on the nutritional content, harvesting and uses of HIGH DESERT Bee Pollen, please click on the "Further Information" tab located below the product photo.