I love bee pollen. The little-known health food supplement known as bee pollen is legitimately one of the best health foods in the world. Studies all over the planet establish its effectiveness in everything from fighting fatigue, prostate cancer, enhancing the immune system and even in removing the bad LDL cholesterol in your blood.

Let's now discuss bee pollen health benefits in more depth. Just what is bee pollen? Why is it so good for you? Bee pollen is produced by honey bees. It has trace amounts of minerals, vitamins, enzymes and is very high in protein and carbohydrates. Medical study tests also prove that bee pollen is teeming in enzymes and co-enzymes. Enzymes are essential in the body for digestive as well as the all-important immune performance. The enzymes in bee pollen are central for a balanced chemical metabolism. It is a perfect food, nutritionally speaking. Okay, to be brief, here is a quick, down and dirty nutritional profile of the food known as bee pollen. It has approximately a 25% protein amount containing at least 18 amino acids. It provides more than 12 vitamins, 28 minerals, 11 enzymes and co-enzymes, 14 beneficial fatty acids, and 11 carbohydrates.

All right, what are the various health benefits of the food known as bee pollen?

*It is wonderful for providing energy. It is a wonderful energy supplement, which is something almost everybody wants more of. In his book Bee Pollen, Dr. Kurt Donsbachid wrote that boxer Muhammad Ali was an avid user of bee pollen as it gave him much needed endurance in the boxing ring.

*Bee pollen enhances the human sex drive. This is something most people are interested in -- especially gents! It actually is a legitimate alternative to erectile dysfunction drugs.

*It helps facilitate weight loss by speeding up caloric burn through stimulating your metabolism.

*It improves the human immune system. Bee pollen helps bring about weight control by correcting a possible chemical imbalance, which may be involved in abnormal weight gain.

*Aids with conception problems as it stimulates the ovaries and improves the female's egg health.

*Bolsters hair and nail health.

*It slows down human aging. One Dr. G. Liebold, a doctor and psychologist of Karlsrude, Germany who has studied bee pollen in various tests maintains that, "Bee Pollen is an excellent prophylaxis and therapeutic treatment against the precocious symptoms of old age. It should be considered a universal geriatric treatment in the form of a natural remedy."

*It helps ward off Father Time with the aging of your skin.

*Bee pollen strengthens all mental and physical abilities.

*It assists in removing urges of all types.

*Studies show bee pollen helps to regulate and correct intestinal issues and functionality. Bee pollen also helps to remove even the most difficult constipation problems.

*Bee pollen is low in calories at only 90 calories per ounce.

*The undesirable cholesterol (low-density lipoproteins - LDL) decreased and the good cholesterol (high-density lipoproteins - HDL) increased and this is what you want. Blood serum is also improved. In addition, triglycerides are also eradicated. (Triglycerides are fat in the blood.)

*Bee pollen improves overall blood health. Medical studies have found that bee pollen increased the white and red blood cell count. In one medical study, those with anemia had enhanced levels of hemoglobin.

*Diminishment of cardiovascular problems like arteriosclerosis.

*Improved mental function like memory and emotional states. One more easily deals with stress through the usage of bee pollen.

*Studies has shown that bee pollen inhibits the development of numerous harmful bacteria, including E. Coli.

*It helps facilitate immune system resistance to noxious allergies.

*It's easy on the pocket.

What about bee pollen research that confirms these statements? Regrettably, in the 1940s, the United States began moving to synthetic pharmaceutical drugs so there hasn't been a lot of medical research studies conducted on bee pollen in the States. In Europe, however, there have been a significant number of medical studies that validate these benefits. What about the Big C cancer? Let me quote from a study done on mammary tumors and bee bread. This specific medical study discovered that "Particular attention was given to the weight of the treated animals, since underweight can in itself bring about a delay in tumor growth. No decrease in weight occurred in the test subjects receiving the pollenized food. Instead, a slight but fairly uniform increase was observed, possibly due to a nutritional factor in pollen."

Yes, bee pollen is an astounding nutritional health food. It is effortlessly added to your daily health regime. It can be sprinkled on salads, added to shakes, added to herbal teas, or just eaten raw. If eating it is unappealing to you, there are outstanding bee pollen supplements on the market. Look for one that is made from pristine bee bread with pharmaceutical-grade quality such as in northern Canada or New Zealand. The sourcing of the bee bread is essential. The farther away the bee hive is from commercialization, the better. The more pristine the environment it's cultured from the better too.

One word of caution, see your health professional before taking bee pollen. If you are allergic to honey or bee stings, bee pollen could trigger anaphylactic shock.

There you have it. Bee pollen is fantastic. Maybe you will see learn that for yourself too.