Pine Pollen Benefits, the Super food from the Pine Tree

Pine pollen benefits are well known in the super food world predominately for its properties as an adaptogen male tonic super powder.

However, the pollen is considered a great restorative for a healthy endocrine system for both men and women alike, helping to balance androgen levels as well as estrogen.

It also offers a full spectrum of raw vegan amino acids, minerals and vitamins that are known to enhance various bodily functions in addition to assisting in the prevention of numerous degenerative conditions.

What is Pine Pollen?

Pine tree pollen is essentially the dust that prolifically fills the air in higher alpine climates around the world, leaving a thin yellow dusting on anything under the tree or a short distance away.

The grain of the male pollen, when looked at under a microscope, is a Mickey Mouse head shape with each of the concave ears specifically designed to catch the wind and pollinate the nearby female cones.

Although some people find the pine's pollen to be quite a nuisance that seems to coat everything in sight and cause allergy symptoms for some people, the pollen is very beneficial to eat and can actually be used as an antidote to allergies when consumed. (For those allergic to pine pollen it is important to begin ingesting it slowly in a tiny doses, until you are positive that there is no sensitivity.)

Many animal species are known to feed on the pollen after it blankets the earth. This usually occurs between a peak period of 3-5 days in the mid spring season.

Harvesting Pine Pollen

It is one of nature's wild foods that can be collected when the male catkins on the end of branches produce their pollen. We have experienced massive amounts of pollen dropping from these small pine seed pods with the slightest touch or breeze.

The powder can be harvested by tying or holding a bag or mesh cloth around the male catkin pod and shaking it. This yellow dust can be tinctured or stored in glass jars and used as food for the endocrine and immune system on a regular basis.

Most people, however, prefer to purchase either a pine pollen tincture or the powder, which is now very popular as a superfood supplement for its balancing effects that counteract the over dominance of estrogen's in today s diet and environment.

Many high quality commercial brands are from the specific pine tree species Pinus Massoniana, but all healthy pine trees with the male seeds offer the same pine pollen benefits.

As with wild crafting any wild edibles, pine pollen should be harvested in clean pollution free areas is used in its raw natural state, which is pure and uncontaminated straight from the tree. Some pine pollen powder brands actually break the cell wall of the pollen to make it more digestible when consuming it as a liquid or capsule (making it 20 % more absorbable), but this process can be achieved by blending it into drinks or tinctures when harvesting your own.

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