Royal jelly is a real superfood that is of fundamental importance in life in the hive and that, due to its extraordinary characteristics, is also used by us as a food supplement.

What is royal jelly

You will say: royal jelly, therefore food for a king, perhaps in a figurative sense? Then you will remember that bees actually have queens and therefore you will say: or perhaps in a literal sense? Yes, you are right, royal jelly, a substance secreted by the glands of young worker bees is the food that the queen bee will eat for her entire life, but it is also the food that the larvae are fed in the first three days of life. At this point you understand that this food must be something extraordinary, but it is even more so because what decides whether a larva will become a worker bee or a drone (male bee) or a queen bee is the royal jelly itself, that is, for how long the larvae will be fed royal jelly, you stop on the third day and you will have a worker, you get to the fifth and you will have a queen. Consider that the larva with a diet based on royal jelly increases its weight a thousand times in those three days, arriving at the fifth it increases it by two thousand. Royal jelly appears as a white and gelatinous substance, composed mostly of water but with a protein content of 12-15% (does it seem like a little? In reality it is a lot) and a sugar content between 10 and 16, therefore unlike honey which is essentially a mixture of sugars, royal jelly has a protein content equal to or even higher depending on the case than that of the sugars. The taste is not very important because obviously royal jelly is not used in cooking but is taken as a food supplement, however it is described as aromatic and acidic.

Beneficial properties of royal jelly

It will not be surprising that what is a real superfood for bees, capable of the wonders described above, are attributed important properties as a food supplement for us humans too. Royal jelly is recommended as a supplement to be taken in addition to therapies for such a series of disorders that it is useless to make a list, also because in reality the benefit it creates is not specific to those conditions but in strengthening the body and given the effect it has on bees it will not be surprising. It is no coincidence that royal jelly is recommended as a supplement for the elderly and for children, that is, for the most fragile subjects and for athletes, that is, people at the height of their physical strength but who push their body to the limits and beyond.

1116/10g

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