Vitalvibe - Bee Pollen (125g)

Product detailed description

Whether you choose to mix this superfood into your porridge, drink, or just eat it by the spoonful, you will support your vitality, immunity, hormonal balance and mental performance. It boosts your resistance and accelerated regeneration, so it comes in handy if you play a lot of sports or lead an active life. This pollen comes from a family-run bee farm in central Slovakia, obtained in an eco-friendly way with respect for the bees. It is 100% natural, from the unpolluted environment of a nature reserve and does not burden the body with unnecessary chemical additives.

What are all the things bee pollen can do?

• Antioxidative properties.
• Helps to increase appetite.
• Contributes to normal cardiovascular functions.
• Supports natural immunity.
• Increases comfort during menopause.
• Promotes vitality, liveliness, and mental performance.
• Contributes to better resistance.
• Supports normal functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
• In combination with royal jelly contributes to a balanced hormonal activity, and so is an excellent support during menopause.

Thanks to its content of group B vitamins it contributes to:

• Normal functioning of the nervous system (B1, B2, B3, B6)
• Health of the skin and mucosas (B2, B3)
• Maintaining healthy eyesight (B2)
• Maintaining a healthy energy metabolism (B1, B2, B3, B6)
• Reducing tiredness and fatigue (B2, B3, B6, B9)
• Normal metabolism of homocysteine (B9)
• Normal blood formation.

Thanks to its content of vitamin C and iron it contributes to:

• Normal functioning of the immune system (also thanks to vitamin B6)
• Normal collagen production.

Thanks to its content of vitamins E and C:

• Has antioxidative properties, contributes to the protection of cells against oxidative stress.

Thanks to its content of zinc it helps to:

• Maintain healthy hair, nails, and skin
• Support normal fertility and reproduction
• Maintain healthy testosterone levels.

Thanks to its content of calcium and magnesium it contributes to:

• Maintaining healthy bones, teeth, and muscle functions.

Quality pollen from a family farm in pristine nature

• Vitalvibe obtains its pollen from a small family farm in Budeč in central Slovakia. The farm is located in the beautiful countryside by the Hron river, near a nature reserve. The farmers collect and process the pollen using gentle methods and hand-made tools, with the utmost respect for their bees.
• The supplier has over a century of beekeeping tradition. The love for their craft has been passed on from father to son for four generations.
• No more than 30% of pollen is taken from the bees, so that they have enough for their own nourishment and not suffer.

How can you use bee pollen?

• This pollen was never stored in brood cells, so it comes in the form of pollen pellets. This is why you should ideally let it ferment before use, as this will increase its absorbability.
• Fermentation is an enzymatic process that occurs naturally through the activity of stored pollen in the beehive. It significantly increases the digestibility of all the nutrients.

There are several ways to ferment bee pollen:

• If you want to imitate the process in the beehive, prepare a sufficiently large, hermetically sealable container. After filling it up, there must remain 20-25% of free space above the pollen, a space which you will fill with honey and then seal the container. In the beginning, the temperature must be kept at about 28-32 °C (in order to start the right processes quickly and stop the reproduction of bacteria), but later it can be lowered to 20 °C. 
• Another option is honey fermentation. Soak the pollen pellets in water, but not so much that they float. Mix the soaked pollen into honey in a 1:4 ratio and leave it for 2 weeks. Store in a closed jar in a dark place. During fermentation, stir every 3 days. Adding water is important because otherwise the pollen would simply be preserved in the honey, but the fermentation process would never happen.
• You can use pollen in cocktails or other drinks, in different dishes, or just enjoy it by the spoonful as a wholesome snack.
• Some people may notice slight discomfort in the stomach and intestines when using bee pollen. Due to its concentration of nutrients, there exists the possibility of an allergic reaction to bee pollen (about 0.5 per thousand of all people). This is why an allergy test before using is recommended. Apply a small amount of bee pollen to the inner side of your wrist (where you can feel your pulse). If a red blotch appears within 3-5 hours, you are likely allergic to bee products, and should not use pollen. 

Ingredients: 100% bee pollen (unfermented)*. *organic

Storage:

• Store in a dark, dry, and cool place out of reach of children.

Warning: 

• Do not exceed the recommended daily dose.
• This is a dietary supplement and is not meant to replace a balanced and varied diet.
• Not suitable for children under 3 years of age and pregnant or breastfeeding women.
• Bee pollen should not be used by persons with weakened kidneys and tumour diseases (the biologically active substances may support growth of the tumour). Not suitable for people allergic to pollen.

Country of origin: Slovakia