Bee Pollen

Slaci_Jo
Slaci_Jo Posts: 69 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I've heard that Bee Pollen can help with weight loss. A girl friend of mine takes it and goes on the elliptical for an hour everyday and lost 60 lbs in less than year.

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  • sallydurkin
    sallydurkin Posts: 211 Member
    Well I can't tell you much about bee pollen but I've haven't taken bee pollen and I've exercised and lost 75 lbs in less than a year. Just saying.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    I've heard that as well. So I researched it and researched it including talking to my aunt that has a "bee farm" and collects/sells pollen. It does have health benefits but weight loss is not one of them. Your friend lost 60 lbs because she is creating a calorie defecit. Trust me I've tried many, I've lost 106 lbs and the only true answer to weight loss is good old fashioned hard work and diet.
  • ubermensch13
    ubermensch13 Posts: 824 Member
    Do you perhaps think the elliptical had more to do with the weight loss than bee pollen?! Remember, Correlation doesn't necessarily equal Causation.
  • Slaci_Jo
    Slaci_Jo Posts: 69 Member
    Well the year previous she was using the elliptical for the same amount of time, 60 minutes a day, and had a lot of trouble losing weight. Then she heard somewhere about the bee pollen and a month after she started taking it she started losing the weight faster. Maybe just a coincidence, but she is convinved its the bee pollen lol
  • ubermensch13
    ubermensch13 Posts: 824 Member
    Sounds like someone who was educated in the American public school system's science classes to me....
  • stephdeeable
    stephdeeable Posts: 1,407 Member
    I try to eat 4 - 6 servings of bees a day. It's great cardio trying to catch them!
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i don't know this bee looks pretty bulky to me
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  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I try to eat 4 - 6 servings of bees a day. It's great cardio trying to catch them!

    OMG! You do this too? I'm working my way up to wasps! :flowerforyou:
  • stephdeeable
    stephdeeable Posts: 1,407 Member
    I try to eat 4 - 6 servings of bees a day. It's great cardio trying to catch them!

    OMG! You do this too? I'm working my way up to wasps! :flowerforyou:

    I have a wasp intolerance and you know that Wendy! Why would you even bring it up? :sad:
  • kmorganlfc
    kmorganlfc Posts: 115 Member
    I thought pollen came from flowers and just ends up on the bees.
  • Illona88
    Illona88 Posts: 903 Member
    I used to have bee pollen with my breakfast to fight my hay fever.

    Didn't seem to have an effect on my weight, though.


    They are really good for you. Lots of vitamins and minerals. I read somewhere that they are (one of) the most complete foods nutrition-wise there is.

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