Many famous athletes who take it regularly for strength and endurance have popularized bee Pollen. It has been used successfully to treat many aliments including allergies, asthma, menstrual irregularities, constipation, diarrhea, anemia, low energy, and cancer, rheumatism, arthritis and toxic conditions. A Russian study of the inhabitants of the province of Georgia, where many live to 100 years and a few to age 150, reveled that a large portion of the centenarians were beekeepers who often ate raw, unprocessed honey with all its “impurities,” that is with the pollen. Bee pollen contains 22 amino acids including the eight essential ones, 27 minerals and full gamut of vitamins, hormones and fatty acids. Most importantly, bee pollen contains more than 5,000 enzymes and enzymes. It is the presence of enzymes, many of which have immediate detoxifying effects, that sometimes provokes allergic reactions in those taken bee pollen for the first time. If this happens, start with very small amounts and build up to a tablespoon or so per day. Avoid pollen that has been dried at temperatures higher than 130 degrees F. Bee pollen can be taken in powder, capsules or tablet form – or in raw unprocessed honey.