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Royal jelly provides B complex vitamins, vitamin A, C, D, and E, enzymes, beneficial hormones, and 18 amino acids. Royal jelly is the only source of pure acytalcholine, which our body usually produces from the B vitamin, choline.

A thick substance secreted from the pharyngeal glands of a few young nurse bees, this special elixir is what turns an average bee into the queen bee and gives her the abundant energy to lay 2,000 eggs in one day. Her life span is approximately 4 or 5 years, whereas other bees only survive about 3 months. Royal jelly is the reason!

This outstanding food aids bronchitis, asthma, liver disease, bone fractures, kidney disease, insomnia, stomach ulcers, skin disorders, and pancreas disorders.

History

When these and other experiments and facts became known, and Dr. Bernard Desouches wrote a book extolling Royal Jelly as a prolonger of life, restorer of health, vigor and sex, enterprising French firms began selling Royal Jelly preparations to be eaten, drank, or injected, incorporated it in toilet preparations, eye remedies, foods, etc. (Royal Jelly Injections were authorized in Prance in 1955, after exhaustive studies in many hospitals and results of highest interest were obtained. --(Apiculteur, April 1955.)

Soon the momentous discovery was picked up by other nations which began extracting and exploiting this elixir of health and well-being. In fact, the medicinal use of the food of the Queen bee has become a rage in France, Mexico, Greece, and many other countries, especially in those where the new drugs, vitamins, hormones, etc., are not manufactured, Royal Jelly very often supersedes advantageously most of these and, as it can be produced locally, physicians are prescribing its use, and druggists are promoting its sale

The European press (1953 onward) carried many stories calling Royal Jelly the Food of the Gods that kept them eternally young by overcoming the factors of death.

Among the many usefulnesses claimed are the following: It increases appetites, tones and strengthens the skin, relieves weak and tired eyes, increases vigor and physical strength, helps women during critical periods of life, rejuvenates the a~d, banishes fatigue, helps relieve and often eliminate pain of arthritis, renews power of memory, restores sexual energy, regenerates debilitated organs, helps nervous and vascular troubles such as Parkinson's Disease, reactivate glands, acts as a glandular secretion, helps glandular disorders, is beneficial in nervous disorders, such as cerebral neuritis, and nervous debility, diabetes, asthma, sterility in women, impotence in men, and degenerative diseases.

The climax, however, that opened to science unlimited horizons, clarified and verified the mythical claims of Royal Jelly, came with the discovery by Professor Leonard Bordas, D.Sc. and M.D., that Royal Jelly is radioactive. This discovery shed light on the mystery of the transmutation and transformation of certain parts of the Queen bee during development from a larva into a Queen, such as: a) disappearance of the pharyngeal glands; b) elimination of pollen baskets; c) elimination of the mandibles; d) development of the ovaries; e) size; f) longevity; g) an orderly mutation; up to then unexplained phenomena manifested on the Queen bee that the other components in Royal Jelly, i.e., vitamins, hormones, proteins, and minerals, could have never produced alone.

Composition

A general analysis of Royal Jelly shows the following components: Moisture 60 to 70 percent, proteins 10 to 14

percent, carbohydrates 11 to 13 percent, fat 5 percent, other unidentified matter 3 percent. Any substance of this composition exposed t6 the conditions of the hive, heat 95 F, and humidity of 90 percent -~ the average constant in a hive -- would spoil, yet Royal Jelly does not. In relation to this, attention should be directed to the phenomenon established for centuries, for the immunity of beekeepers to cancer.

Today, everyone is aware that cancer therapy is based on radiations -- radium, X-rays, radioactive isotopes, etc. -- it is evident, therefore, that traces of Royal Jelly and its minute radioactive element in crude dark comb honey and residues the beekeepers eat in great amounts, plus the venom with which beekeepers are constantly inoculated, strengthens their organism against the factors which produce cancer.

Modern Research

Research has been conducted with various cultures of microbes like staphylococcus aureus, bacili coli, eberthella typhosa (Rawlins strain), bacilus mettiens, etc., by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Adding Royal Jelly to the cultures, all bacteria were dead in one minute, some in a few seconds. These tests established the fact that Royal Jelly is more powerful than carbolic acid, formalin and most other common disinfectants.

Any person conducting laboratory tests with bacteria will tell you that many of the components of Royal Jelly, whether vitamins, hormones or proteins, will stimulate these microbes rather than kill them. On the other hand, they will also tell you that the hardest microbes, viruses or their spores, will die almost instantly if exposed to radiations, consequently, it is the radioactive component in Royal Jelly that is responsible for this bacteria-killing property which keeps it from spoiling, causes the changes in the larva of the Queen bee, and in the remaining insects and animals on which it has been tested.

The following bio-magnetic analysis of Royal Jelly was established by M. Guerillot
Numbers indicate the electromagnetic radiations:

Carbon 833, Nickel 875, Silica 818, Cobalt 811, Sulphur 803, Copper 887, Manganese 872, Bromide 854, Iron 833, Gold 859, Platinum 853, Vitamin A 892, Mercury 877, Vitamin B₁ 895, Lead 895, Vitamin C 932, Bismuth 847, Pantothenic 952, Uranium 842, Radioactive Product 1002

The analysis of M. Guerillot confirms eloquently the discovery of Professor L. Bordas.

A great part of the healing properties of Royal Jelly are due to the enormous content of some vitamins which, as known, are components of important enzyme regulation in the chemistry of

The vitamin content of Royal Jelly follows:

Anerurine 0.9 mg/100 gr dry matter
Riboflavine 2.p mg/l00 gr dry matter
Niacin 11 mg/l00grdrymatter
Pyridoxine 5 mg/100 gr dry matter
Pantothenic Acid 51 mg

So far, it has been impossible for chemists to synthesize integral Royal Jelly. Although most of its components are known, some essential factors have not yet been isolated. (As proof, larvae fed with artificial Royal Jelly usually die.)

Production of Royal Jelly

Now, let us come to the production of Royal Jelly itself. In the first place, Royal Jelly is not manufactured by any person. It has to be stolen from the bees, in minute quantities after the bees are induced b~ beekeepers to produce it, by kidnapping their Queen; a painstaking process usually accompanied by the penalty of dozens of stings.

Royal Jelly is the result of teamwork and is produced only in a healthy colony, with the combined effort of from 40 to 80 thousand bees. The minute secretions of Royal Jelly are gathered and stored in the new Queen cells built especially for this purpose by the bees -- or grafted by man -- to create a new Queen and save the colony from extinction.

Under exceptional conditions and copious feeding, more than an ounce of Royal Jelly can be extracted from a colony of bees during a year, enough according to French Clinics and observations, to give a person two to four months of health, vitality and a feeling of well-being.

The present price of Royal Jelly ranges from $20 per ounce to $500, the average being around $50 per ounce. But, this is inexpensive when compared with some of the vitamins and hormones which, in their pure form, cost $500 per ounce or more -- such as B~₂, etc., etc. Take a look at the label on your vitamin bottle. You will see, after the number, mc., which stands for micrograms, one microgram being one millionth of a gram, an ounce has 30 grams. You can readily see, therefore, that considering the 15 to 25 hours it requires to collect an ounce, Royal Jelly is inexpensive in comparison.

Effectiveness

"Le Petit Journal" of Montreal, May issue, reports that Dr. Lisi, the Pope's (Pius XII) first physician, prescribed Royal Jdly in his treatment. During the ten months of his being under the doctor's care, the secrecy of this was strictly observed. Ihe Pope is no longer a young man -- his 80th birthday was recently reported. He became ill in 1954 and at that time, three physicians attended him, Professor Ricardo Galeazzi l~isi -- a famous advocate of natural remedies -- Dr. Paul Nichans, a Swedish specialist in the implantation of live cells, and Professor Paolucci, one of the most famous Italian surgeons. Delicate surgical operations were performed, but th6se reporting the incident believe that Dr. Lisi's administration of Royal Jelly was, to a large extent, responsible for the Pope's improvement. He says, ~I relied upon Royal Jelly without any hesitation and the result of its use was such that he is now in very good health."

Later, Dr. Lisi reported this treatment to the Second International Congress of Biochemists.

These facts also appeared in other publications, such as the Buenos Aires Daily, the Buffalo Evening News, Todo - a Mexican magazine, and many others too numerous to mention. (A.B.J. September, 1956.)

A recent report from the Pasteur Institute, by Gaulherie and indicates that Royal Jelly has antibiotic and bactericidal action against human tuberculosis.

At this time, it would be prudent to quote Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, who said, "When Nature opposes, everything is vain. This will explain why on same eases the results are not as satisfactory as expected.

The French proverb, "Le mal vient a cheval et part a pieds" which means, "the evil comes on horseback and departs on foot" -- it will be more appropriate in our time t6 say, "evil comes on a rocket and departs on foot." With this thought in mind, do not expect an exhausted system, a hopeless nervous condition, to be cured overnight, but given time, Royal Jelly will help to do what other treatments have failed to accomplish. To such far-gone cases, however, higher doses -- like one cc of Royal Jelly two or more times a day intravenously -- has not been tried. Up to now, Royal Jelly has been and still is far too expensive, and no satisfactory preparation for this type has been produced, especially so since it must be administered fresh--within three or four days after the bees produce it.

However, experiments have proved that the radioactive factor in Royal Jelly disappears in about 10 days. By feeding larvae after that period of time has elapsed, they develop into bees instead of Queens, providing that the radioactive element responsible for the transmutation and the changes of the gene are gone. Also, after seven days Royal Jelly undergoes changes and must be kept under refrigeration. Further tests have verified that the hormones, vitamins, etc., do not alter appreciably, if kept at a low temperature or diluted in a proper medium, as for oral use. The best medium is honey in a 10 percent solution, a teaspoonful taken each morning, or twice a day, if refrigeration is not available.

Another utilization of Royal Jelly is in cosmetics. Creams, beneficial to the reduction of wrinkles, became a must with French women many years ago.

To be fully effective for injections in hopeless and emergency cases, however, Royal Jelly must be used within two to four days after the hive becomes Queenless -- that is, after the removal of the Queen from the hive. The cost, however, of this would be, in many instances, prohibitive -- perhaps $500 per ounce -~ since it would have to be taken in microscopic quantities and would involve the disorganization of 50 or more hives to obtain a single ounce.

Most of the experiments discussed in this account have been made with Royal Jelly kept under refrigeration -- often several months old.

Finally, please remember that we are not dealing with a new or old drug that may produce side effects, toxicity, sensitivity, insensibility (except if taken intravenously without proper preparation for such administration) or other disagreeable symptoms, but with a very potent food which is 100 percent assimilable and will produce no harmful after-effects. It is rich in proteins, aminoacids, hormones, vitamins and possesses a wealth of minerals. It will bring health and a sense of well-being to those who make use of it.

Recently, in a Cancer Institute and through our advice and cooperation, a certain "factor" has microscopically been detected in Royal Jelly which has under laboratory tests been found to be reacting favorably against the malignant growth of tissue; experiments are now in progress, and the newly discovered "factor" is being given strenuous laboratory tests and the whole matter is under competent observation and study. We cannot disclose anything more at this early stage of experiments except that scientific work is being conducted toward isolating the said "factor," detected by the microscope and other complicated laboratory tests, and that a nation's top Cancer Institute's release on the matter is forthcoming.

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