Royal Jelly is a milky secretion derived from the pharyngeal glands of the honey bee. This `super food' of bees is specially blended with enzymes and fed to each bee destined to become a queen. It is the exclusive food of the queen bee throughout her highly productive life, enabling her to lay up to 3000 eggs per day during her six years. Worker bees eating ordinary honey live only four to six weeks. Royal Jelly is a superb health-giving food. It contains vitamins A, C, D and E and is also a rich natural storehouse of the B-complex vitamins. A major ingredient is vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid), one of the most important substances in the body, essential for the synthesis and metabolism of proteins, fats, carbohydrates and several hormones. A deficiency can cause fatigue, headaches, upper respiratory infections, sensitivity to insulin, insomnia, nausea and nervous disorders. Royal Jelly contains all eight essential amino acids plus ten secondary amino acids and notable amounts of minerals, calcium, copper, iron, phosphorus, potassium, silicon and sulphur. Royal Jelly also contains Nucleic Acid. Royal Jelly enhances the body's metabolism. This explains the reported benefits of greatly increased energy and rapid recovery from fatigue Other benefits attributed to Royal Jelly are that it aids in cell regeneration, improves skin texture and clarity and increases the body's resistance to illnesses. This product can also be taken to combat stress and pre-menstrual tension. It has also been shown to reduce cholesterol. Royal Jelly is high in protein, and is synthesised during the digestion of pollen. Royal Jelly also contains acetycholine which plays a varied and important role in the function of the entire body, provoking adrenaline secretion. Royal Jelly used by Forever Living Products is gathered from dry, remote, high desert regions where pristine conditions provide the ideal environment for our beehives. It is extracted from the hive and immediately freeze dried - this process removes only the excess water from the product, leaving all vitamins, minerals, enzymes and co-enzymes present. The method for testing the purity and potency of Royal Jelly consists of measuring the amount of 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid (HDA) it contains.
  Forever Living Royal Jelly tests at 6%+ HDA, which is far above the standard for Royal Jelly. A certificate of analysis is kept on file for each batch tested. This is a truly essential supplement that is so beneficial to our wellbeing, and as vitamins in the B group are water soluble, they need to be taken every day.