In general, b ee pollen can be safely consumed by most people, first taking only very small amounts, such as a few granules of bee pollen, and then gradually increasing the amount day by day. The particular values of bee pollen granules to human diet, they add, depends "strongly on the plant source and geographic origin, together with other factors such as climatic conditions, soil type, and bees race and activities”-or as the foodie would say, depending on its "terroir." Moreover, t he authors assert that the average composition and chemical percentages in air-dried bee pollen is comprised of "proteins, 32,8%, including essential amino acids, 11,5%, and reducing sugars, 40,7%, including sucrose, 3,7%, lipids, 12,8%, vitamin C, 0,19%, β -carotene, 0,07%, and bioelements, 4,0%.” Bee pollen has the potential to pack quite the nutritional wallop, containing provitamin A and vitamins E, B1, B2, B6, C and D acids such as pantothenic, nicotinic, folic, biotin, rutin, and inositol macronutrients including calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, and potassium and micronutrients including iron, copper, zinc, manganese, silicon, and selenium.įor those who decide bee pollen is indeed their "cup of tea” (pun intended - see Bee Pollen Tea recipe in the ALL THINGS HONEY blog post), a few important notes need a bit of emphasis.
As Komosinska-Vassev et al summarize in their article, "Bee Pollen: Chemical Composition and Therapeutic Applications,” " ee pollen is a valuable apitherapeutic product greatly appreciated by the natural medicine because of its potential medical and nutritional applications.” According to the authors, bee pollen is composed of about 250 nutritional substances including proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids and fatty acids, phenolic compounds, enzymes, and coenzymes as well as vitamins and bioelements.
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