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JessiccaWhat our tiny furry 6 legged honey bee blesses us: The Bee Pollen
June 30th 2010 06:17
Hi everyone!
I have been working a lot and travelling a lot recently, until I hardly have any time to post anything interesting / informative until now.
Recently I took a trip to Chiang Mai with my colleagues for a short break after extreme long hours of work on projects. And one of the destinations our friendly and helpful tour guide from No.1 Chiang Mai Tours took us was - a honey production factory, the Thepprasit Honey. Which harvests honey from the highlands of Thailand.
There I have learned some nifty interesting quick ways to detect a pure honey, but seemed that a website that speaks a lot about honey said that it isn't a 100% accuracy to test that outside the lab, so I'll push aside talking about pure honey and take your attention to:
(before I do so, I've learned that to reduce sourness of honey in your drink, ONLY USE plastic spoons)
If you have a real bee pollen with you and if you look closely enough, you can actually see tiny bee footprints on it, which makes it more interesting for me to find out more about this, besides listening to the explanation of the sales personnel.
According to benefits-of-honey.com, the bee pollen is actually packed full of nutrients, from rich protein, amino acids to B Complex. And the best part is that besides lowering cholesterol, increasing immune system, it helps to loose weight! That's pretty much "honey" to every girl's ear.
(hahaha... I think I really need that after dining at McDonalds throughout the World Cup season to watch HD screen football)
And according to the owner of bee-pollen-buzz.com owner, Angela, the benefits of consuming bee pollen daily does help strengthen individual's stamina, because of its highly packed nutrients.
(Please click on the link to read the details of the benefits of bee pollen from Angela's interview as I do not want to repost it here.)
However, good stuffs doesn't come cheap. If you think you might want to give it a try, you will need to check out whether its genuine. A suggested area less polluted bee pollen are manufactured from Canada, or New Zealand. Well, now, we know it can be found from the Northern Thailand too.
Bee pollen can be consumed through mixing onto mid-warm drinks (around 60 - 70 deg C) or made a smoothie, sprinkled on cereals, and even consumed directly. (Currently I just started consuming directly during lunch whenever I feel hungry)
Angela also suggested a "Super Smoothie" recipe that I might want to try it out.
Ingredients
Blend until liquified, but don't over blend as some of the nutrients may be damaged or lost due to the heat of the blender.
So, enjoy reading the details, and believe me, I'll let you know how I feel after finishing the 500g bee pollen in months time.
Note:
According to the sales personnel, because of its natural bitter-sweet, it is save to be consumed by diabetic patients.
If anyone has allergic background, start consuming in tiny bits (like 1/3 of teaspoon) and gradually increase its amount. If you have allergy reaction stop consuming it immediately.
I have been working a lot and travelling a lot recently, until I hardly have any time to post anything interesting / informative until now.
Recently I took a trip to Chiang Mai with my colleagues for a short break after extreme long hours of work on projects. And one of the destinations our friendly and helpful tour guide from No.1 Chiang Mai Tours took us was - a honey production factory, the Thepprasit Honey. Which harvests honey from the highlands of Thailand.
There I have learned some nifty interesting quick ways to detect a pure honey, but seemed that a website that speaks a lot about honey said that it isn't a 100% accuracy to test that outside the lab, so I'll push aside talking about pure honey and take your attention to:
(before I do so, I've learned that to reduce sourness of honey in your drink, ONLY USE plastic spoons)
The Bee Pollen
If you have a real bee pollen with you and if you look closely enough, you can actually see tiny bee footprints on it, which makes it more interesting for me to find out more about this, besides listening to the explanation of the sales personnel.
According to benefits-of-honey.com, the bee pollen is actually packed full of nutrients, from rich protein, amino acids to B Complex. And the best part is that besides lowering cholesterol, increasing immune system, it helps to loose weight! That's pretty much "honey" to every girl's ear.
And according to the owner of bee-pollen-buzz.com owner, Angela, the benefits of consuming bee pollen daily does help strengthen individual's stamina, because of its highly packed nutrients.
(Please click on the link to read the details of the benefits of bee pollen from Angela's interview as I do not want to repost it here.)
However, good stuffs doesn't come cheap. If you think you might want to give it a try, you will need to check out whether its genuine. A suggested area less polluted bee pollen are manufactured from Canada, or New Zealand. Well, now, we know it can be found from the Northern Thailand too.
Bee pollen can be consumed through mixing onto mid-warm drinks (around 60 - 70 deg C) or made a smoothie, sprinkled on cereals, and even consumed directly. (Currently I just started consuming directly during lunch whenever I feel hungry)
Angela also suggested a "Super Smoothie" recipe that I might want to try it out.
Ingredients
2 scoops high Quality vanilla Protein Powder (preferably one WITHOUT aspartame or sucralose)
1/2 banana
1/2 Cup raspberries
1-2 TBSP Bee Pollen
1 TBSP liquid honey
Instructions1/2 banana
1/2 Cup raspberries
1-2 TBSP Bee Pollen
1 TBSP liquid honey
Blend until liquified, but don't over blend as some of the nutrients may be damaged or lost due to the heat of the blender.
So, enjoy reading the details, and believe me, I'll let you know how I feel after finishing the 500g bee pollen in months time.
Note:
According to the sales personnel, because of its natural bitter-sweet, it is save to be consumed by diabetic patients.
If anyone has allergic background, start consuming in tiny bits (like 1/3 of teaspoon) and gradually increase its amount. If you have allergy reaction stop consuming it immediately.
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