Royal jelly is a thick fluid, creamy and milky white substance which is secreted in the hypopharyngeal glands of worker bees for the sole apparent purpose of stimulating the growth and development of larvae and queen cells. Queen bee feed with royal jelly for the whole of her life stays 4 - 5 years while worker bees only life 40 days.
Royal jelly is very complex. A board chemical analysis reveals that it has a moisture content of 66.05%; a protein content of 12.34%; lipids 5.46%; reducing substance 12.49%; minerals 0.82%; and unidentifiable elements 2.84%. And here we are again looking at the "magic" of the bee.
We know royal jelly is exceptionally rich in natural hormones and offers an abundance of the B vitamins - including thiamine, riboflamin, pyridoxine, niacin, panthothenic acid, biotin, inositol, and folic acid - and vitamins A, C, E. With twenty amino acids, royal jelly is a highly concentrated source of rich proteins, including cystine, lysine, and arginine. It provides important fatty acids, sugars, sterols, phosphorus compounds, and acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is important in the transmission of nerve massages and assists in the production of glandular secretions. Royal jelly is rich in nucleic acids, which in royal jelly include DNA and RNA, the very stuff of which life is made.
Gelatin in royal jelly is a powerful anti aging element. It normalize human body functions, repair and stimulate sexual functions, to make optimal body metabolism, and to keep normal blood flow in the human body. Royal jelly also can be used as beauty facial treatment. Royal jelly is not recommended for babies because of its sharp taste. But it is much recommended for those who just relieving from sickness and the old people.
rewrite from Bina Apiari Indonesia brochure (www.binaapiari.com)
