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Micronized
Flower Pollen Boosts
Immune System
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Reprinted with permission from a book titled
SwissFlowerPollen:
researched, written and published by the
National Life Extension Research Institute
Clinics in
dozens of countries have used flower pollen for a wide variety
of conditions of ill health.
A key to
optimal health is found within the metabolic processes of the
body's cells proper assimilation of nutrients and elimination
of wastes. That is how the cell can regenerate itself, continually
building new cells according to the genetic code of the RNA/DNA
in the cell nucleus. Since pollen is an ideal food for vitalizing
cell functions, activating metabolism, and feeding
genetic RNA/DNA replication according to the cellular blueprint,
it follows that it is an ideal food for optimal nutritional health.
Pollen
is truly a glandular
rocket fuel
The endocrine
glands regulate various systems of the body by secreting small
amounts of hormones. Virtually all the precursors to these hormones
are found within flower pollen. By supplying a wide spectrum of
micronutrients for cell metabolism and glandular function, pollen
supports the self-regulatory functions of the body for optimal
health.
A natural
benefit of such optimal health is more energy. For many people,
pollen can provide new vim, vigor, and vitality. Swiss micronized
pollen allows the body to exhibit more of its vivacious feminine
glow or powerful masculine virility. Pollen has a good antioxidant
effect. It helps deactivate or destroy free radicals created during
the course of normal cellular activity, or those caused by smoking
or eating dark-roasted foods, such as coffee. Antioxidant activity
helps protect cells in vital organs against harmful effects caused
by toxic substances in the environment and food.
In
addition, pollen appears to contain a group of nutritional components
which are useful in helping the liver detoxify itself from harmful
and toxic substances.
The main
benefits of Swiss micronized flower pollen are these: it carries
nutrients to the cells, boosts energy, supplies vitamins and minerals,
acts as an antioxidant, helps the body adapt to stress, reduces
platelet aggregation, helps stimulate the body's natural self-defense
system, helps low serum lipid level, aids control of prostaglandin
synthesis, and aids in liver detoxification.
It is possible
that many of pollen's significant benefits are due to its levels
of bioflavonoids and phenolic acid derivatives. Bioflavonoids
are powerful antioxidants, and have been linked to nutritionally
helping many of the body's systems fight off various problems.
Another likely
source of Swiss micronized pollen's exceptional nutritional value
is that it contains both pollen and pollen fiber. Recently, pollen
researchers have linked pollen fiber to increased fighting power
in the immune system. While other pollen must have processed fiber
added to it, Swiss pollen has always contained good amounts of
pollen fiber from a widely-mixed variety of plants. Swiss pollen
fiber undergoes the same natural micronization as the pure pollen
cytoplasm for maximum bioavailability. Thus, this pollen formulation
provides powerful benefits as it contains monocotyledon, dicotyledon
and conifer pollen food, as well as monocotyledon, dicotyledon
and conifer pollen fiber.
Two of the
most interesting studies done recently on pollen were conducted
by J. Zhao of the Shanghai Institute of Hemotology at the Shanghai
Medical University in China. His team of nine researchers studied
a Traditional Chinese Medicine called pollen typhae, and reported
their results in the prestigious American medical journal, Thrombosis
Research.[1,2]
Pollen typhae
remedy is a pollen taken from the Typha angustifolia L. plant.
Their research found that this pollen has an antiatherosclerotic
effect, and that its benefits are actually multiplied by various
biological components found within the pollen itself. They concluded
that pollen typhae has the effect of alleviating clinical symptoms
of certain heart problems.
They also
found that platelet aggregation was reduced significantly. The
flavonoids in pollen typhae demonstrate an antiatherogenic action
as well. This study, quoting a pollen study done by J. Wojcicki,
noted that pollen could lower serum cholesterol level, inhibit
platelet aggregation and promote vessel wall production of prostacyclin.[3]
In general,
pollen helps maintain bodily reactivity and flexibility and aids
to help regulate the metabolic processes and levels for well-being.
Sir Alec
Isaac, the Englishman who discovered Interferon, studied pollen
for two years. Interferon is an anti-viral and disease-fighting
substance in the body. Amino acids in pollen are readily absorbed
by the body, and are used by the body to build Interferon. Isaac
found that pollen not only penetrates the wall of the cell, but
also penetrates the cell membrane. It then combines with cell
RNA and DNA and synthesizes interferon for use by the body's immune
system. Much scientific interest has arisen concerning Interferon
over the last few years.
Pollen, as
the male cell of the plant kingdom, has a well-deserved reputation
for extra vim, vigor, and virility. It provides all the biofactors
that are precursors for the male and female hormones, and micro-nutrients
essential for healthy reproductive systems. Reportedly, exclusive
animal breeders in Europe pay top dollar for pollen concentrates
that are added to their animals' food.
Some
couples have reported increased libido and increased fertility.
Today, flower pollen is a superfood source used by some doctors
to help remedy certain dietary deficiencies associated with certain
problems of the reproductive system.
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Zhao,
J., et al., The antiatherogenic effects of components isolated
from pollen typhae, Thrombosis Research, 57(6):957-66,
1990.
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Zhao,
J., et al., Further
study of pollen typhae's effects on the production of tPA and PGI,
by cultured endothelial cells, , Thrombosis Research, 56(6):677-85,
1989.
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Wojcicki,
J., et al., Effect
of pollen extract on the development of experimental atherosclerosis
in rabbits, Atherosclerosis, 62:39-45, 1986
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