WHAT PINE POLLEN CAN DO FOR YOU

Consuming Pine Pollen to enhance performance isn’t a modern discovery. For centuries, numerous societies all over the world have known and enjoyed the many benefits of Pine Pollen.

Pine Pollen can be considered a hormonal adaptogen*, which means it may provide the body with the building blocks it needs to adapt to situations by way of regulating hormones and the entire endocrine system*.

The term "Adaptogen" is given to herbs that may be particularly useful for mitigating the effects of stress and aging, preventing the body from overreacting to stressors and give it the endurance it needs to persevere*.

Pine Pollen is also considered a tonic supplement, which means it may be consumed for longer periods without any known risk of side effects or toxicity*.

Now, if you’re fatigued, the compounds in Pine Pollen may work to reduce fatigue and increase energy levels, essentially protecting and helping to maintain your natural hormone balance*.

Pine Pollen can also be considered a functional food and can be used as a plant-based multivitamin supplement because of its mineral and vitamin profile alone*.

Pine Pollen contains more than 200 bioactive compounds such as:

• Vitamin A, B6, B2, B3, B1, D and E
• Beta Carotene
• Folic Acid
• Iron Phosphorus
• Zinc
• Sodium
• Magnesium
• Potassium
• Silicon
• Calcium
• Manganese
• Molybdenum
• Selenium
• Copper
  
  

The list does not stop there either. Pine Pollen also contains all the 8 essential amino acids that proteins are made up of, as well as more than 20 other non-essential amino acids*.

However, Pine Pollen has many additional benefits as well that go beyond its nutritional profile which we will talk about next.

BALANCED HORMONE LEVELS

Pine Pollen can be considered a natural prohormone*. Supplementing with the phyto-androgens contained in Pine Pollen may help balance hormones naturally*.

Hormone levels usually peak in puberty and naturally decrease with age.

This natural decrease with age may be responsible for the reductions in muscle mass and vigor often seen in older men, which may primarily be suffering from a hormone deficiency (aka andropause)*.

Pine Pollen has traditionally been used in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) to counteract hormone deficiencies and signs of aging and has some scientific research that suggests it may be effectiveness for this*.

There are also plenty of anecdotal evidence from aging men that consuming Pine Pollen may have a positive influence on their health and hormones*.

Essentially, Pine Pollen may help balance the ratio of male and female hormones by replenishing hormone levels that are naturally depleted by aging and stress*.

PROSTATE HEALTH

Pine Pollen may also affect the prostate gland*. Research suggest that taking Pine Pollen may help in reducing an enlarged or inflamed prostate (BPH)*. This is another example of an adaptogenic action of Pine Pollen.

In this research study when Pine Pollen were consumed when the prostate was enlarged, its compounds may have eased the inflammation and reduced its size*.

In general terms, an adaptogenic action would suggest that when the prostate is not enlarged, there may be no prostate size reduction happening*.

As well as if the prostate gland is smaller than normal, the compounds may prevent atrophy (further decrease in size) or may increase the size of the organ*, acting in a normalizing fashion.