Hundreds of our loyal customers have requested for us to make our Pollen Power bee pollen in capsule form. The underlying reason for this request is that our customers believe that they can quickly 'pop a pill' in their mouth. You are about to be surprised as we expose the truth of bee pollen in capsule form.

The market is a vulnerable place and we strongly feel that you need to know everything when buying bee pollen.

The recommended serving of bee pollen in its raw granule form is 10 grams (2 teaspoons) per day. The amount of bee pollen in a capsule is 500mg .To consume the recommend amount in capsule form, you need to swallow 20 capsules per day as bee pollen has a one to one extraction rate.

This is an amazing number of capsules you need to swallow to get the recommended intake of raw bee pollen. Not to mention that capsules are coated with lots of non natural material.

We would seriously suggest that you look into companies that recommend taking 2-4 capsules per day. You will not get the right quantity of health goodness of bee pollen into your system.

This is one of the main reasons why we do not process or recommend taking bee pollen in capsule form.

A worrying process

The reason we worry about processing bee pollen is that it contains over 180 known nutritional ingredients including at least 22 amino acids, 18 vitamins, 25 minerals, 59 trace elements, 11 enzymes or co-enzymes, 14 fatty acids, 11 carbohydrates and approximately 25% protein.
These nutrients are all protected by nature. When you chew or swallow bee pollen, you break this down and begin the digestive process which releases the nutrients into your gastrointestinal tract to be absorbed into your system where they are delivered to your cells.
By processing bee pollen and inserting it into a capsule, you change the process nature designed for us. You also expose the many nutrients to oxygen and light, both which denature the delicate molecules found in pollen.

More than 40 research studies document the therapeutic efficacy and safety of bee pollen. Clinical tests show that orally ingested granulated bee pollen particles are rapidly and easily absorbed--they pass directly from the stomach into the blood stream. Within two hours after ingestion, bee pollen is found in the blood, in cerebral spinal fluids, and in the urine.

The Sublingual Delivery System

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The truth about potentiated/cracked Bee Pollen

This is the most interesting market ploy we have seen in the industry. Many sellers of this type of bee pollen state that when taking raw bee pollen, the pollen does not dissolve in your system. This is somewhat humorous and at the same time insulting to the public by advertising misleading information.

Bee pollen granules will dissolve in any liquid, including saliva. Add bee pollen to water then strain through a strainer. The colour of the water will become yellow/golden. What does this tell us? That the bee pollen has dissolved into the water.
There are many bee pollen marketers out there who claim that their processing and refining and encapsulating of bee pollen yields a superior and more bio-available product. They claim that by removing the outer shell of the pollen that it makes the nutrients more easily absorbed by the human gut.

This process of refining the bee pollen actually does more damage to the delicate nutrients than it does good. By processing the shell, you expose the delicate nutrients in the pollen to oxygen and light, both of which oxidize and break down nutrients. The end result is actually less nutrients being delivered to the consumer, not more.

This is one of the main reasons why we do not process or recommend taking bee pollen in capsule form.

Your guide to selecting the right bee pollen?

When buying your bee pollen, avoid the possibility of consuming an inferior product and simply follow these tips:

1) Buy a bagged or bottled raw bee pollen that you can physically see the pollen granules. Avoid buying bee pollen in capsule or tablet form unless you simply cannot stomach raw bee pollen or if you travel a great deal.

2) If you find a product that looks like it hasn't been processed, the next thing you need to find out is how it was dried. You want a raw bee pollen that was freeze dried if possible.

3) Next, and probably the most important question to ask is, Where is the bee pollen sourced from? If within Australia, Western Australian bee pollen is absolutely the most nutritious and tasting bee pollen in the world. If it is from china or abroad, stay away.

We guarantee Pollen Power bee pollen as it is sourced from the pristine forests of Southern Western Australia. Our bee pollen is certified and sourced from the leading bee keeper in the country.

Bee pollen is best taken sublingual - 'Under the tongue', where the pollen absorbs into the blood stream through tissues under the tongue.
When bee pollen comes in contact with the mucous membrane beneath the tongue it quickly diffuses and enters the venous circulation. This is because the connective tissue beneath the epithelium contains a profusion of capillaries where bee pollen is diffused into the capillaries and easily enters the venous circulation.

In contrast, bee pollen capsules absorbed in the intestines are subject to "first pass metabolism" in the liver before entering the general circulation, so you lose a lot of the pollen content.

Sublingual administration of bee pollen has certain advantages over capsule administration. Being more direct, it is often faster, and it ensures that the bee pollen will risk degradation only by salivary enzymes before entering the bloodstream, whereas orally administered capsules must survive passage through the hostile environment of the gastrointestinal tract, which risks degrading them, either by stomach acid or bile, or by the many enzymes therein, such as monoamine oxidase (MAO).

Furthermore, after absorption from the gastrointestinal tract, such capsules must pass to the liver, where they may be extensively altered; this is known as the "first pass metabolism" effect of capsule metabolism. Due to the digestive activity of the stomach and intestines and the solubility of the GI tract, the oral route is unsuitable for certain substances, such as bee pollen capsules.