Your Guide to Finding The Best Bee Pollen Supplements
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Purchasing bee pollen in today’s supplement market can be very intimidating. Once you do the research to find out if the supplement is safe and will provide the support that you need, you then have to figure out which company will provide the best product. Every bee pollen supplement on the market is not equal, and you don’t actually want to make your health worse by choosing the wrong one.
Do you want capsules, granules, or powder? Do you want the cheapest, the most expensive, or somewhere in between? Does it really matter where the main ingredient comes from? These are some very important questions that many people never ask concerning their supplements.
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How Can You Find True Value?
Value doesn’t just mean the product has a good price tag on it. It means that every aspect of its production is held to high standards and that the customer has been considered all along the way. In order to have a product that actually gives you the best bang for your buck, you must consider some very important factors. While many people want something that is inexpensive, the reality is that those supplements are probably the least beneficial in the long run.
Many times the cheaper supplement is compromised by chemicals and other artificial ingredients. This makes the product less expensive, but it is also not as healthy. Some companies even overprice their supplements to make you think that it is a better product. Don’t be deceived. Let’s look at several factors that will affect the quality of your bee pollen supplement.
Source
Of ultimate importance is the source of the bee pollen that goes into your supplement. This one factor ensures the purity and safety of your product. If you compromise on this issue, you might as well buy the cheapest supplement you can find because, either way, you will still be getting what you paid for.
Bees fly from one flowering plant to another drinking the nectar, collecting the pollen, and spreading some of the pollen to pollinate other plants. The pollen that they collect is taken back to the hive where it is fed to newly hatched bees or collected by humans to produce these beneficial supplements.
If the flowers that the bees get the pollen from are contaminated with insecticides, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or air pollution, then those toxins will be passed along to you. This affects the safety of your supplement because environmental toxins are the cause of many illnesses and diseases. It is very important that you know where your pollen is coming from and that you are getting the purest source available.
Certified Organic?
While it would be nice if manufacturers could guarantee that their bee pollen supplements are organic, there is just no way to know if the bees only fed on organic plants. Nor is it possible to contain bees in an area where they will only have access to plants that have not been treated with chemicals. While they are some companies who claim to have “organic” bee products, they are most likely using some kind of technical loophole in order to market their product as organic.
Processing
Processing takes the raw substance and turns it into a product that is easier to consume. Some processing procedures use high levels of heat that can strip the natural substance of many of its nutrients. Other processes add chemicals to help with various aspects of the end product, such as color, taste, absorption, etc.
Even though most natural substances are healthier when they are consumed in their unprocessed form, most dietary supplements are processed in many ways. You can find bee pollen in several forms: granules, powder, capsules, liquid, and pills/tablets. Each step in the process of manufacturing one of these forms takes the supplement one step away from being a raw, natural food. Although it may sound like all processing techniques are undesirable, the truth is that some methods of processing actually offer more benefits to the consumer.
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Granules
When bee pollen is collected by the beekeeper, it is in granules form. This is the most natural, unadulterated option. The granules are small, hard pellets, each covered with its own shell. Many people eat the granules by the spoonful after soaking them in water to break open the shells. The soaking process is actually beneficial because it opens the shell and allows the body to absorb more of the nutrients. If this simple processing method were not used, the consumer would only get a small percentage of the nutrients contained in the product.
Powder
Other people who may not like the taste of the raw granules or the fact that they need to soak the granules first may choose to grind the granules into a powder. Grinding, chopping, or crushing the whole substance breaks it down and it begins to lose nutrients and potency. If you like the powdered form, it is best to keep your granules whole and then powder them only when you are ready to use them.
Liquid
Liquid bee pollen extracts are very natural and extremely effective. The liquid form of a supplement begins working immediately because it is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream. This form is made by extracting the bee pollen into a liquid medium. The only draw back to using this form is that some companies extract their bee pollen in alcohol. This may pose a problem for some people, and there are companies who use a non-alcohol alternative.
Capsules
Not all bee pollen capsules are made the same. Some companies heat dry the bee pollen after it has been harvested. This destroys the nutrients and makes it an inferior product. In opposition to this kind of capsule, an extremely successful way of encapsulating bee pollen is by freeze drying the pollen immediately after it has been harvested. This ensures that the supplement is not oxidized and that all of the healthy nutrients are preserved. Then the granules can be processed to a powder and combined with beneficial digestive enzymes.
While many people would like to have the most natural form of bee pollen granules, capsules made this way offer this amazing supplement in a more convenient package. First of all, this process allows your body to absorb and use 90% more of the nutrients in bee pollen than other forms. Conveniently, the granules do not have to be soaked and the capsules are easy to store, travel with, and consume. You can even open a capsule and sprinkle the supplement right into your food or beverage.
Pills and Tablets
Pills and tablets are by far the most highly processed form of bee pollen supplements. Other natural ingredients and chemicals have to be added in order to successfully achieve the desired outcome. Some of these chemicals give the pills their shape, hardness, color, and flavor. These things are not needed in order to reap the benefits of the bee pollen itself. It is best to avoid this form because you would be getting far more than just bee pollen.
If the company that you are buying your bee pollen from suggests a daily dose that is significantly higher than that of other companies, this is a sure sign that there may be fillers in the supplement. Otherwise, it wouldn’t take so much to get the needed amount of nutrients out of the supplement. Read the label and find out what is necessary and what is not. You may need to keep shopping.
Where Can You Find Such a Pure Form of Bee Pollen?
Imagine if you could visit a country that is so pure and clean that air pollution is almost non-existent. If this country was one of the last places settled by humans, you would know that it has not spent years being contaminated by toxic fumes and waste. Suppose you find a location in this country that has no factories in the surrounding area because it borders a national park.
What if the plants here were never treated with pesticides, herbicides, or chemical fertilizers? What if the bees who visited these flowering plants were strong and healthy and produced bee products that were pure and unadulterated? Suppose you thought about harvesting the bee pollen so that you and your family could enjoy good health and abundant life?
Well, stop imagining because I have good news. The good news is that this place does exist. The even better news is that you don’t have to travel here to reap the benefits of such a wonderful natural resource. These things are all true about New Zealand, which is well-known for its beautiful coastlines and untouched natural resources.
While traveling to such a land of pristine beauty might make for a great vacation, you need access to New Zealand’s bee pollen every day. Now you can have it with the Natural Energy bee pollen supplement from Xtend-Life. If your own research brings you to the same conclusions that mine did, you will not want to miss out on this amazing natural wonder from the island of New Zealand.
