What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating pollen?
According to "Chinese Materia Medica" edited and published by the Ministry of Health, pollen is rich in genetic material. Eating it every day can quickly eliminate fatigue, constipation, limb soreness, restore physical strength, eliminate acne, nourish skin and beauty beauty, and have adjuvant therapeutic effects on diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, tumors and prostatitis 1, and enhance human comprehensive immune function. Pollen polysaccharide can activate phagocytosis of macrophages and improve human disease resistance. The scientific research group of the State Sports Commission has studied the improvement of athletes' ability by eating pollen15g every day for three months. It is proved that pollen can obviously improve the working ability of the heart, enhance endurance and the strength of skeletal muscle, and the number of heartbeats after exercise is significantly reduced compared with that before eating pollen. These effects are very important for an athlete, so it is often recommended as a nutritional supplement for athletes to take for a long time. The State Sports Commission officially designated pollen as a health food for Chinese athletes. 2, anti-aging, beauty: bee pollen is a nutritious beauty cosmetics, and components such as VE, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and selenium in the pollen can moisturize and nourish the skin and restore the elasticity and smoothness of the skin. Inositol in pollen can make white hair black, hair loss gradually, and keep hair black and bright. According to the experiment, the mice that eat pollen can obviously increase the ATP content in red blood cells of old mice, and the free radicals in myocardium decrease after middle-aged and old mice eat pollen, while the superoxide dismutase X(SOD) in liver and lung tissue is obviously doubled, especially in lung, and the lipofuscin (senile pigment) in muscle and cerebral cortex is also obviously reduced. In addition, pollen can also reduce the chemiluminescence intensity of free radicals in housefly and significantly enhance the activity of SOD, which suggests that pollen is effective in anti-aging. 3. Prevention and treatment of cerebral cardiovascular diseases: Flavonoids in pollen can effectively remove fat deposits on blood vessel walls, thus softening blood vessels and lowering blood lipids. 4. Prevention and treatment of prostate diseases: Pollen is the nemesis of prostatitis, and rape pollen and buckwheat pollen have the best effect. Qianliekang, an effective drug for treating prostate diseases in China, is made of pollen. Mice with artificially induced prostatic hyperplasia were given pollen extract continuously for 30 days, and it was found that it had a significant inhibitory effect on glandular hyperplasia. Japan also reported that chronic prostatitis and prostatic hypertrophy were treated with pollen, and the cure rate reached 80%, and they could be cured in a short time. 5, weight loss: taking bee pollen can absorb enough nutrition, causing satiety. At the same time, lecithin in pollen can burn excess fat to achieve the purpose of losing weight. 6, regulate gastrointestinal function: pollen has many bactericidal ingredients, which can kill Escherichia coli and prevent constipation. Pollen can increase intestinal peristalsis and increase the tension of ileum and colon to promote defecation. Pollen has obvious improvement effect on patients with poor appetite, poor digestion and absorption ability, emaciation patients, chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer and other gastrointestinal disorders. After eating for a period of time, it can increase appetite, promote absorption, enhance the function of digestive system, improve the spirit and gain weight, which may be related to the fact that pollen contains antibacterial substances, vitamins and X-type bioactive substances, and has the function of improving and repairing the digestive tract. 7. Protect the liver: Flavonoids in pollen can also prevent the deposition of fat on the liver. 8. Regulate the nervous system and promote sleep. 9. Adjuvant treatment of other diseases: Pollen has a good effect on anemia, diabetes, memory improvement and menopausal disorders. Disadvantages: But some people will be allergic to it. Be careful.