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All About Royal Jelly:
An Introduction
"The Fountain of Youth and Stamina."
What is Royal Jelly ?
Beehive products, the collective name of honey, royal jelly, propolis, and bee pollen, are natural foods revered as the fountain
of youth since the dawn of history. People in all cultures have collected honeycombs and used royal jelly and other beehive
products for nutrition
and therapeutic purposes. The healing power and health benefits of royal jelly and beehive products are still one of the
most sought-after subjects in modern time.
Royal jelly is the crown jewel among beehive products. Profoundly rich, creamy white, and opalescent liquid, royal jelly is
produced by worker bees, and used exclusively for the nourishment of the queen bee with its amazing longevity (compared with
regular worker bees - several years vs. just 1-2 months!), energy, and stamina for reproductive capability.
Royal jelly is indeed a highly complex nutrition to be easily understood by nutritional chemistry, or to be manufactured or
synthesized artificially.
Usage
Royal jelly is used for a wide spectrum of health benefits:
1. For energy, stamina and physical strength
2. To keep smooth, youthful skin and ward off skin aging
3. To stimulate and boost immune system, and fight bacterial and viral infections
4. To support wound healing
5. For weight control and building tissues and muscles
6. To regulate endocrine system and achieve hormonal balance
7. For bone growth and bodily growth
8. For healthful liver
9. For nervousness and anxiety
10. To promote sexual vitality and rejuvenation, and reverse impotence
11. For symptoms related to menopause
12. To extend life
13. For various physical conditions such as coronary artery disease, anemia, arthritis, liver ailments, depression
diabetes, asthma, malnutrition, atherosclerosis, ulcers, and weak, tired eyes.
Nutritional Ingredients of Royal Jelly
Royal jelly's main constituents are: carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids (approximately 15%, 12%, and 5%, respectively). Royal jelly
proteins are rich in natural hormones such as pheromones, almost all amino acids including essential amino acids, B group vitamins
(thiamin, riboflavin, pyridoxin, niacin, biotin, pantothenic acid, folic, and inositol), and vitamin A, C, D, and E.
Overall, aspartic acid accounts for about 16% of royal jelly's protein content. Gelatin, a precursor of collagen and accounts for
royal jelly's ability for keeping youthful skin, is also among royal jelly's constituents. Royal jelly also contains sugars, sterols,
phosphorus compounds, essential fatty acids, and acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter. Other ingredients are nucleic acids, water, and
numerous other trace ingredients including calcium, copper, potassium, silicon, and sulfur that are presumably very important for
royal jelly's nutritional and therapeutic properties.
Scientific and Clinical Studies on Royal Jelly
Royal jelly researches have found benefitial effects as mentioned above, and some possible side effects including royal jelly-induced
allergies and respiratory symptoms such as asthma.
Some examples of research reports on royal jelly are provided:
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11367535&dopt=Abstract
Int Immunopharmacol 2001 Mar;1(3):521-32 - Suppression of allergic reactions by royal jelly in association with the restoration of
macrophage function and the improvement of Th1/Th2 cell responses
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11922114&dopt=Abstract
J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2001 Dec;47(6):394-401 - Antifatigue effect of fresh royal jelly in mice
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9139438&dopt=Abstract
Tsitol Genet 1996 Nov-Dec;30(6):48-55 - The antimutagenic action of apiculture products
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8654043&dopt=Abstract
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 1996 Jan;19(1):31-8 - A royal jelly as a new potential immunomodulator in rats and mice
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7556573&dopt=Abstract
Experientia 1995 Sep 29;51(9-10):927-35 - Effect of royal jelly on serum lipids in experimental animals and humans with atherosclerosis
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8819953&dopt=Abstract
Lik Sprava 1995 Mar-Apr;(3-4):155-8 - The role of apitherapy in the combined treatment of patients with chronic nonspecific lung diseases
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7600886&dopt=Abstract
Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 1995 Jan;29(1):27-9 - Effects of lyophilized royal jelly on experimental hyperlipidemia and thrombosis
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2391765&dopt=Abstract
Jpn J Pharmacol 1990 Jul;53(3):331-7 - Augmentation of wound healing by royal jelly (RJ) in streptozotocin-diabetic rats
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3570105&dopt=Abstract
Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi 1987 Feb;89(2):73-80 - Antitumor effects of royal jelly (RJ)
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9391777&dopt=Abstract
Drug Saf 1997 Nov;17(5):342-56 - Traditional remedies and food supplements. A 5-year toxicological study (1991-1995)
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8835130&dopt=Abstract
Clin Exp Allergy 1996 Feb;26(2):216-22 - Asthma and anaphylaxis induced by royal jelly
Royal Jelly Links
Go Symmetry.com - Royal Jelly and Products
FindArticles.com - Royal Jelly: Intro., Use, Preparation
Int Immunopharmacol 2001 Mar;1(3):521-32 -
Suppression of allergic reactions by royal jelly in association with the restoration of macrophage function and the improvement of Th1/Th2 cell
responses
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11352630&dopt=Abstract
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001 Apr
13;282(4):865-74 - Fifty-seven-kDa protein in royal jelly enhances proliferation of primary cultured rat hepatocytes and increases albumin
production in the absence of serum
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8654043&dopt=Abstract
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis
1996 Jan;19(1):31-8 - A royal jelly as a new potential immunomodulator in rats and mice
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7556573&dopt=Abstract
Experientia 1995 Sep 29;51(9-10):927-35
- Effect of royal jelly on serum lipids in experimental animals and humans with atherosclerosis
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7600886&dopt=Abstract
Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 1995
Jan;29(1):27-9 - Effects of lyophilized royal jelly on experimental hyperlipidemia and thrombosis
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2358464&dopt=Abstract
J Biol Chem 1990 Jul 5;265(19):11333-7
- A potent antibacterial protein in royal jelly. Purification and determination of the primary structure of royalisin
reference source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2391765&dopt=Abstract
Jpn J Pharmacol 1990 Jul;53(3):331-7
- Augmentation of wound healing by royal jelly (RJ) in streptozotocin-diabetic rats
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