Anyone had good results taking 'royal jelly'?

[JCMach1]

Just curious... started taking the real stuff (not pills) stabilized in a bit of honey...

Was hoping for help with allergies and energy level...

[wildhorses]

1. allergies, yeah--- right

we know you are really wanting your energy level to go UP....waaaaay UP;)

[JCMach1]

6. Energy would be good as allegies completely drain me as well...

I am horribly allergic to the neem trees we have here... mega-allergic to their flowers which last for one tortuous month... :(

I am trying Langnese German flower royal jelly... Damn it is good...

http://www.langnese-honig.de/index.htm

[wildhorses]

8. cool!! and, sorry you are suffering

:hug:

[JCMach1]

9. Thanks... as anyone with severe allergies know, when they get cranked up you are

hyper-allergic to everything else...

My two anti-histamine regime keeps me alive and the anti-histamine eyedrops keep my eyes open...

[BlueIris]

2. Egh...I can do bee pollen but not royal jelly.

I puked a lot eating the raw stuff. Finally gave it up because it was clear my body didn't like it.

[JVS]

3. Roald Dahl wrote a story about that

[Dora]

13. It scared me plenty when I was a weeun. n/t

[Shell Beau]

4. What is supposed to do? Is this some herbal thing?

[Wapsie B]

5. What are the supposed benefits?

I'm taking a number of supplements and have heard of royal jelly but have never taken it.

[JCMach1]

7. Here is what I can find...

Royal jelly purportedly treats a wide variety of ailments as a dietary supplement. In reality, the substance is a secretion that worker bees produce to feed larvae and the queen in a honey bee hive. This special food is extremely powerful, rich, and nutritious to bees, so people have assumed that it will offer some of the same benefits to humans.

The queen bee is the leader of the colony and the only one allowed to reproduce. She can be fertilized and lay eggs just a few times during her entire life. Worker bees, the ones that collect nectar from flowers, are able to excrete a creamy, special food from glands on their head. The queen subsists entirely on this food. When eggs turn into larvae, the baby bees also eat this special food, nicknamed royal jelly, for 2-3 days. From their vulnerable state, they quickly develop into healthy and large bees.

No doubt, people noticed the almost miraculous effects that royal jelly has on bees and ascribed to it extraordinary powers since the queen lives 60 times as long as a drone and is usually twice as heavy. Thus, people began harvesting royal jelly from hives where honey was being manufactured as a nutritional elixir that promised robust health, healing, and extended youthfulness.

Among the long list of ailments that royal jelly is said to improve or cure are high cholesterol, arthritis, weak kidneys, fatigue, nervousness, sallow or rashy skin, thin or brittle hair, high blood pressure, allergies, and sexual dysfunction. Scientists know that royal jelly is mostly carbohydrates, proteins, sugars, and fats, along with vitamins like the B complex, niacin, folic acid, and enzymes. None of these minerals or vitamins appears to be unique to the substance.... http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-royal-jelly.htm




DON'T TAKE IT IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO BEES IN ANY WAY!!!

[Wapsie B]

10. I'm allergic to bee stings.

But I've been taking Horny Goat Weed. I think I'll stick with that.

Thanks for the info!

[JCMach1]

11. Tongkat Ali is also good along those lines

I get the tea and coffee with it included straight from Malaysia... This is good stuff.

[Wapsie B]

14. I've never heard of that.

But I'll check it out. Thanks for the info!

[JCMach1]

15. The lowdown on Tongkat

t has become popular for its testosterone-enhancing properties. Because of that, it is included in certain herbal supplements for bodybuilders. Historically, it has been used by the folk medicine in its countries of origin as a libido enhancer and to treat various sexual dysfunctions. Numerous scientific studies performed by Malaysian Universities, including University Science Malaysia (USM) have confirmed its effects on enhancing sexual characteristics in animal models. Currently, it is being researched for its possibilities as an anti-cancer supplement.

In Southeast Asia it is used as a post partum medication, as well as for its antimalarial, antipyretic, antiulcer, cytotoxic and aphrodisiac properties.

The British Journal of Sports Medicine published the results of a scientific study in 2003, which showed that Eurycoma longifolia caused increased muscle strength and size when compared to a placebo... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurycoma_longifolia

[Blue-Jay]

12. I hope it tastes better than that "Kentucky Jelly" that I put on my toast.

Blech.

[Blue-Jay]

16. I hate it when a joke falls flat.

sigh.

[JCMach1]

17. Doh!

[Frank Cannon]

18. That actually happened to a friend of mine

She was a nurse who asked one of her elderly patients how her breakfast was. The patient said the breakfast was pretty good, but the Kentucky Jelly was just awful. She'd had a small tube on her bedside table due to some other procedure she'd had.

[JCMach1]

19. OMG

:rofl: