Royal jelly

Royal jelly 

The healing power of royal jelly

Royal jelly is not known to people and  its healing power against all the diseases as well as its protection of the body are only underestimated.

Royal Jelly is not a plant derived bee product but a strict bee biological substance. It is a milky or almost yellowish liquid secreted from the hypopharangeal glands in the heads of the nurse bees, called also bees royal jelly and it is used to sustain the Queen throughout her life...

Royal jelly is used as a starter diet for worker bees during the first 3 days of their lives. The difference in the hatching and living periods between worker bees and the queen bee is due the nutrition. So, the worker bees may hatch after 21 days and live only one to three months, but the queen bee hatches after 16 days and the egg from which the queen hatches is originally identical to all others. The queen is fed a specific royal jelly diet, she might easily produce up to 2000 eggs a day during a season. A queen bee might rule her hive for as long as eight years. The only one tangible secret of the queen longevity and the vitality is diet and no thinkable explanation  to approach this phenomenon other than the nutritional materials. Among the virtues of the royal jelly, its power in affecting the metabolism, growth and cellular renewal within the human body as well as the hormonal regulation.

Several compounds were identified in royal jelly, and more than 97 of the components in royal jelly have been identified. It is 13 % protein, 14% carbohydrates, 5-6 % lipids, and a full band of vitamins, including pantothenic and folic acids. The minerals include calcium, copper, iron, phosphorous, potassium, silicon, and sulfur. Royal jelly also contains at least 18 amino acids and enzymes such as cholinesterase; phosphatase; choline; acetylcholine, needed to allow nerve cells to function properly. Adenosine; adenine derivatives are also found in sufficient amounts. The carbohydrates profile of royal jelly includes glucose, fructose, sucrose and ribose. Royal jelly is rich in gamma-globulin which helps your immune system fight off infections. Royal jelly is also a distinguishable material for the anticancer compounds, it is the only source of 10-hydroxy-2dekenoic acid (10-HDA, a possible anti-cancer component) and an antimicrobial agent.

Royal jelly is used for healing several diseases:

depression, insomnia, cardiovascular diseases, constipation, sexual problems, hemorrhoids, dermal diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure, overwork, stomach disorders, arthritis, rheumatism, arteriosclerosis, delayed development, anorexia and stress, menstruation, hormonal disorder, goiter.

The physical regulation of the body is well established by the royal jelly which may balance the body’s functions and increase its physical resistance against external factors that attack the immune system. Royal jelly has proven beneficial in the treatment of premature infants by stimulating growth. Royal jelly has also antibacterial, antibiotic and antiviral properties.

The chemical composition and identification even by the most sophisticated methods can never tell about all the chemical compounds of any material. Many attempts to identify the most active factors in many plants and holistic materials but there was only misleading results about the mechanism by which medicinal plants and bee products may heal the diseases is still not well known. Some compounds not indicated can be more interesting than the indicated compounds. These, unknown elements, are believed to contain biocatalysts such as the important nucleic acids RNA and DNA, which cannot be synthesized. Royal jelly is not well known to people like medicinal plants and this is why it is not used in the natural healing procedures so it is still not popular, the healing power of royal jelly will sure baffle modern science and the commercial medicine.

The reinforcement of the body’s defense against all diseases can be ensured by royal jelly. This is usually used as fresh directly or mixed with honey. The freezing of royal jelly may influence its composition and also decrease its properties. The shelf-life of royal jelly can be extended to longer periods when mixed with natural honey. The most suitable way to take royal jelly, is to mix it with honey directly and immediately after harvesting, and in this case the royal jelly might not loss its active compounds which are not all identified.