Bee pollen helps athletes improve endurance

World champions and famous Olympians often use bee pollen food supplements to help increase their strength, endurance, energy and speed.

Testimonies from highly acclaimed athletes have shown that bee pollen helps the body recover from exercise, and returns breathing and heart rate to normal. It also improves endurance for sustained exertion and provides energy, stamina and strength for enhanced mental and physical performance.

Many world-renowned athletes use bee pollen before and after workouts or competition. Lasse Viren, the Finnish athlete dubbed as the "Flying Finn," used bee pollen during his Olympic stints. He is best remembered as the conqueror of the 5,000 and 10,000-meter races in the 1972 and 1976 Olympic games.

Remi Korchemy, a former Russian Olympic coach, believes in the rejuvenating effects of bee pollen to the human body. In a span of two years, he required all his athletes to take bee pollen supplements before and after competing in their respective sports. He found out that bee pollen improves the crucial recovery power of athletes after a stressful performance.

Another clinical study conducted by a team of French medical researchers from the Institute of Bee Culture (TIBC) in different institutes around Europe also showed that bee pollen has positive effects on the endocrine system and respiratory and intestinal functions.

"The bee pollen is the only known food which contains every essential nutrient needed for perfect health," said Dr. Betty Lee Morales, one of the TIBC’s medical researchers.

Academicians and those who do taxing mental work can also benefit from the energy-boosting bee pollen, which can relieve brain fatigue and improve one’s alertness. It can also increase the capacity for intense concentration and enable longer periods of work without becoming tired. Stress can use up vitamins quickly and bee pollen can relieve stress and anxiety by replacing essential nutrient reserves in the body.

One of the locally prescribed brands of pollen nutrient is Nutribee, which is available as an over-the-counter food supplement in all Mercury Drug Store outlets nationwide. It is manufactured by Now International, a leading manufacturer of high-quality vitamins in the United States.