After reading up on pollen and learning how healthy of a substance it is I've made up my mind to eat pollen every day. I bought a Sundance II pollen trap and as soon as we harvest our honey four weeks from now I'm going to put it on one of my hives for 2 weeks. Then I'll move it to a different hive for 2 weeks till I've collected 50 pounds or so. I'll store that in the mini freezer out in my wood shop. I don't have pollen allergies; I'm not trying to lose weight (I'm 5'9" 165lbs); and I've never been a health nut. But pollen as a complete food and it's purported myriad of other health benefits it seems like the most underrated super-food out there. I'd like to work up to eating a half a cup a day (maybe more, who knows).
I'm afraid over the past couple months I might be getting a little starry eyed about this pollen thing. Who here uses pollen as part of their regular diet year round? Any words of advice for me (other than starting with small quantities and working up over time)? Any thoughts are appreciated.
In case you still don't think I've gone all starry eyed I've got one last question that seems absurd to me but I don't know why it wouldn't be possible. Since pollen is more protein dense than meat and contains virtually all nutrients the human body needs... wait for it... Why couldn't a person be perfectly healthy living on pollen and water alone for years?
I'm afraid over the past couple months I might be getting a little starry eyed about this pollen thing. Who here uses pollen as part of their regular diet year round? Any words of advice for me (other than starting with small quantities and working up over time)? Any thoughts are appreciated.
In case you still don't think I've gone all starry eyed I've got one last question that seems absurd to me but I don't know why it wouldn't be possible. Since pollen is more protein dense than meat and contains virtually all nutrients the human body needs... wait for it... Why couldn't a person be perfectly healthy living on pollen and water alone for years?