I'm trying to find out how many mgs (or what %) of actual pollen there is in a typical 500 mg tablet of the "run of the mill" bee pollen tablets (a large % of the 500 mg is for the husk). I tried calling several suppliers of bee pollen tablets, and no one knows. I wrote Cerniton America (who makes Cernilton - which has 60 mg of water soluble pollen extract concentrate per tablet, and 3 mg of fat soluble), and they gave me the run-around and said their product was better because it was actual pollen extracted from the husks, but would not tell me what the % was, so I could do the math and see if buying plain bee pollen tablets was just as good.
I would greatly appreciate it, if some one could shed some light on this. It seems reasonable to me that the actual pollen in a 500 mg tablet could be 60 mg, since that is only 12% of the combined husk and pollen, plus you may get a little fiber benefit from the husk that is in the pill, small as it may be.
I'm trying to find out how many mgs (or what %) of actual pollen there is in a typical 500 mg tablet of the "run of the mill" bee pollen tablets (a large % of the 500 mg is for the husk). I tried calling several suppliers of bee pollen tablets, and no one knows. I wrote Cerniton America (who makes Cernilton - which has 60 mg of water soluble pollen extract concentrate per tablet, and 3 mg of fat soluble), and they gave me the run-around and said their product was better because it was actual pollen extracted from the husks, but would not tell me what the % was, so I could do the math and see if buying plain bee pollen tablets was just as good.
I would greatly appreciate it, if some one could shed some light on this. It seems reasonable to me that the actual pollen in a 500 mg tablet could be 60 mg, since that is only 12% of the combined husk and pollen, plus you may get a little fiber benefit from the husk that is in the pill, small as it may be.
Pete
Why don't you just eat straight, pure pollen instead of tablets? It does not taste that bad and it's available from the health food stores. ;-) I just eat 1/2 tsp. straight from the package.
It's cheaper too.
Cheers! -- Om.
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