What is Royal Jelly?

"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live" Albert Einstein

My Loves parents recently came back from a trip to Vietnam & brought back some lovely gifts for all of us. Sidenote: I really am lucky to have awesome future in-laws, they are incredibly thoughtful & amazing ♥. One of the items on their list of treasures was several pots of Royal Jelly. I am VERY much into anything health related...In fact I'm actually a bit obsessed with this sort of thing, so I was very excited to learn more about some of the health benefits involved! 

One of the Jars from Vietnam

So firstly, what is Royal Jelly?! Royal Jelly is the paste material secreted from the tongue glands & mandibular glands of worker bees. Worker bees intake nutrients from naturally raised pollen & nectar to secrete royal Jelly. The worker bees collect this jelly for the Queen to ingest & she lives 40x longer than her workers because of this! They also collect some of this jelly to fill the cell of the future Queen larvae upon being laid. This helps these baby Queen Bees to have a higher chance of survival so that they can make it into adulthood.

Little Future Queen Larvae

My first question is why are people taking this precious jelly from the Queen? Doesn't she need it?! The truth is that these worker bees produce so much for her & for the future Queen Babies that she & they couldn't possibly consume the amount that they supply her within the hive.

As far as the taste...This milky creamy yellow substance tastes like honey but a bit more tangy & slightly astringent. It's DEF different! ♥

Most importantly the health benefits are pretty awesome. Here is a list of Royal Jelly Super Powers...Note: If you tell kids that this jelly has Super Powers rather than benefits they are really keen to try it out ;)

1.Powerful Antioxidant

2.Anti-Ageing

3.Enhances Brain Function

4.Increases Libido 

5.Controls Diabetes & Blood Sugar

6.Promotes Tissue Growth

7.Liver Protector

8.Aids in Digestion

9.Stress & Anxiety Relief

10.Great for Menopausal Symptoms 

11.Fights against Breast Cancer 

12.Skin Healer

13.Increases Fertility

14.Immune Modulator

15.Helps Insomnia

16.Osteoporosis & Bone Loss

17.Antibacterial & Antimicrobial

18.Multiplies Sperm Count & Health

19.Decreases Fatigue 

20.Controls Cholesterol 

Really excited to try our Royal Jelly out & see what happens! If any of you have had any cool results from this I'd love to hear from you. Happy midweek friends :)