Pine Pollen – The Superfood of the 21st Century

Pine Pollen may be one of the most potent and powerful herbs or foods available today. It is the male spore of the pine tree and has been used for thousands of years.

There are 126 species of the genus Pinus, but only a select few are used for their amazing pine pollen benefits. Ours is collected from the Masson Pine (aka Chinese Oil Pine) from the mountainous regions at an altitude of 500-800 meters.

Pine Pollen Benefits

As you’ll read below, pine pollen is a nutritional powerhouse. With everything in it combined, you may find some of these incredible benefits. According to Chinese medicine, pine pollen enters through the five major meridians including the lungs, kidneys, spleen, heart, and liver.

• Hormonal Support*
• Strengthens the Immune System*
• Great Brain Food*
• Balances Androgenic and Estrogenic Hormones*
• Supports and Detoxifies the Liver*
• Great for the Skin and Hair*
• Protects the Cardiovascular System*
• May Assist in Reducing Cholesterol*
• Regulates Weight by Supporting the Metabolism*
• Increases Energy and Vitality*
• Supports a Healthy Inflammation Response*
• Increases Glutathione (the body’s Master Antioxidant)*
• Optimizes Breast Health in Women and Prostate Health in Men*
• Improves Endurance*
• Helps with Hangovers*
• Supports Healthy Joints*
• Antioxidant*
• Decreases DNA Mutation*

Cell Wall Broken Pine Pollen Powder

Like chlorella, pine pollen has a hard shell on it. If this is not broken then the nutrition that is found in pine pollen will not be as readily available to your body.

The powder is processed through a low temperature and high-speed airflow sporoderm-breaking technology, leaving 99% of the pine pollen with the cell walls broken, with sizes of around 1 to 2 micrograms and thus increased availability to your body.

Pine pollen has over 200 bioactive vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants and other super nutrients in every single serving. It is a wild-harvested superfood with no added chemicals or preservatives.

Pine Pollen is a Rare Source of Phyto-Androgens

These can help combat all those endocrine disrupting xeno-estrogens our environment is full of these days, from drinking water, pesticides, plastics and more.*

This includes:

• Androstenedione
• Androgens
• DHEA
• Androsterone

This is not a steroid and you won’t have any of the side effects of those drugs. Instead, with all the natural co-factors and the small amounts of androgens these will work with your body for adaptogenic effects.*

Gibberellins – Structurally very similar to androgens. These are basically plant steroids that jumpstart the first stages of germination. Spray them on growing buds and they will grow exponentially. They are found most in the buds and pollens of plants. They have been found to actually connect with male hormones receptors in the human body. Thus they can mimic androgens in the body and stimulate androgen production.* They also appear to have a regulating action on the prostate.*

Brassinosteroids – Another essential element to plants, brassinosteroids are being used by plant growers as a highly efficient, broad-­spectrum, safe plant growth regulator. Pine pollen contains many of the over 30 different kinds already identified. Two of the brassinosteroids in pine pollen are the mechanism through which the liver safely removes xenobiotic substances, such as xenoestrogens, from the body system.*

For more of the anabolic effects, you’ll want to get the Pine Pollen Tincture. This is best for bodybuilding with pine pollen.

Morning Wood Guaranteed…

For men, take a three tablespoon dose of pine pollen (a megadose) mixed in 8 oz. of water before going to bed. If you don’t wake up with “morning wood” you can send back the unused portion of your pine pollen for a full refund. But when you do wake up “erect” feel free to leave a review of our pine pollen below.

Nocturnal Penile Tumescence, as the scientists call it, is a natural process that occurs in healthy men. When your hormones are working right, this should be a daily occurrence.

When on pine pollen one man said he had to “piss in the bathtub” each morning. As for how this translates to other functioning, I’ll leave that up to your imagination.

Note that this is a bigger dose than typically recommended, but it helps to ensure you “feel” the effects. Experiment to find the right dose of pine pollen for you so that this occurs every day and be sure to check out the details regarding our Megadose Protocol below.

Of course, nothing works for everyone, but this does for many.

Pine Pollen is Great for Women Too

In China, where pine pollen has been used for thousands of years, it is considered one of the great beauty tonics for women. Yes, it can be used on your skin too. Several of its compounds support both elastin and collagen. And taken internally, with its wide variety of minerals, vitamins, amino acids, antioxidants and more it’ll help promote your health.

Many women get scared off when they see the word “androgens”, not realizing that they too need these hormones, just in lesser amounts than men. Taking pine pollen, especially in powdered form, will not make you wake up with a mustache, deepen your voice, or sprout huge muscles.

Pine pollen is used by women for the same reason as it is used by men, to battle high levels of xeno-estrogens which do not discriminate between genders. This imbalance of high estrogen and low male hormones is linked to a number of conditions like loss of muscle tone, osteoporosis, diabetes, low libido and weight gain. Pine pollen can play a significant role in helping to balance those hormones by increasing androgenic hormones and detoxify harmful xeno-estrogens.

The tinctured form, which concentrates and makes the phyto-androgens more bioavailability, is generally not recommended for women. That being said we have reports from many ladies, especially in post-menopausal years, that have received great benefits from the tinctured version.

3 Options
50 Grams Powder | 250 Grams Bulk Powder | 150 Count Capsules

Pine Pollen contains 18 Amino Acids

Each of the following listed amounts is per 3-gram serving, which is approximately 1 tablespoon.

It is a complete protein source as it contains seven of the essential amino acids (they are bolded below). In fact, it is made up of about 30% protein.

• Alanine 17mg
• Arginine 30mg
• Aspartic acid 33mg
• Cysteine 3mg
• Glutamic acid 47mg
• Glycin 21mg
• Histidine 6mg
• Isoleucine 16mg
• Leucine 25mg
• Lysine 24mg
• Phenylalanine 17mg
• Proline 26mg
• Serine 16mg
• Threonine 15mg
• Tryptophan 4mg
• Tyrosine 11mg
• Valine 19mg

Full of Vitamins and Minerals

• Vitamin A 1.3ug
• B1 (Thiamin) 182ug
• B2 (Riboflavin) 15ug
• B3 (Niacin) 427ug
• B6 (Pyridoxine) 39ug
• B9 (Folic Acid) 28ug
• Vitamin C 1686ug
• Vitamin E 97ug
• Vitamin D .7ug
• Beta Carotene .8ug
• Potassium 33.9mg
• Calcium 2.4mg
• Magnesium 3.3mg
• Phosphorus 89.6mg
• Iron 0.09mg
• Zinc 0.09mg
• Selenium 0.6ug
• Manganese 0.3mg
• And many more trace elements

Pine Pollen also has Much More

• Oleic acid
• Alpha Linolenic Acid
• Lignans
• MSM
• Fiber
• Enzymes
• Coenzymes
• Flavonoids
• Monosaccharides
• Polysaccharides
• Nucleic Acid
• Superoxide Dismutase (SOD)
• Inositol
• Polyphenols
• Quercitin
• Rutin
• Phytosterols
• Proanthocyanidins
• Resveratrol

The Pine Pollen is collected from the mountainous regions of China in Yunnan province, from pristine and unpolluted locations. The pollen is wild harvested then processed at very low temperatures to crack the cell wall of the pollen, producing a superior product that is over 99% digestible.

No need for refrigeration. Store in a cool, dry place and pine pollen will stay potent for up to a year once opened. Refrigeration may extend this though.

We Now Offer 3 Variations of Pine Pollen Powder Products

1. Pine Pollen Capsules (150 Count)
2. Pine Pollen MEGADOSE (250 Grams) Bulk Powder
3. Pine Pollen (50 Grams) Powder

*Use the options menu above to get current price of each

Dosing and Megadosing

Pine Pollen Capsules: The recommended dosage is 3 capsules 2x per day (.43 Grams per Capsule)

Megadosing Pine Pollen Capsules: 11-22 capsules daily (5 – 10 Grams)

Pine Pollen Powder: Standard recommended dose of pine pollen powder is 1/2 to 1 teaspoon per day. Many people get significant benefits with this maintenance dose.

MEGADOSING Pine Pollen Powder: 1 1/2 – 3 tablespoons daily (5-10 Grams)

“Oral dosing in China runs from 5 to 10 grams per day.”
– ­Stephen Harrod Buhner

The massive doses recommended by Chinese Medicine makes sense when one sees the number of nutrients involved. One tablespoon approximates to 3 grams of pine pollen. To get 10 grams of pine pollen in as easy a manner to remember as possible, you can take one slightly heaping tablespoon first thing when you wake up, again around noon or after a workout, and then lastly before going to bed. This also loosely takes advantage of the body’s daily natural testosterone cycle. Some people also just take all three tablespoons all at once.

Some prefer megadosing for more potent effects instead of just taking pine pollen tincture, for various reasons. To make the most out of your pine pollen while megadosing, take a whole tablespoon three times a day and let it dissolve in your mouth to increase the chance of instant digestion and partial absorption of androgens right into your bloodstream. This should provide the best possible androgenic effect with pine pollen powder.

For more powerful effect, turn to pine pollen tincture. Some people like to megadose the pine pollen powder, while also taking the tincture as well. This should provide the strongest results. Be sure to cycle the tincture though as this can be far too strong for people’s bodies to handle. Too high testosterone too fast could result in its aromatization to estrogen.

You have 3 options here for pine pollen, you can get a 50-gram bag of powder, a  250-gram bag of powder and 150 Capsule bottle. Of course, you save some money with the larger bag and you can use it for megadosing or just simply to have more for longer on the maintenance dose.

You can order multiple bags by increasing the quantity in your shopping cart.

What are these Capsules made of?

The ingredients of our Pine Pollen Capsules are as follows:

• Non-irradiated, wild harvested Pinus massoniana pollen
• Organic Brown Rice Powder
• Silica (Diatomaceous Earth)

Both the organic brown rice powder and the diatomaceous earth are in very meager amounts. They are unfortunately needed for the industrial pilling process as they are used as excipients and flow agents to allow the pollen to be pilled by machines.

While we wish we could not have the two them in the pills, current technology does not allow for something like pine pollen to be pilled without flow agents. Human hand pilling is just too slow to be cost-effective as well, and if it were the only such option, we would not be able to provide a product that more people will take because they can avoid the mess and taste.

The capsules themselves are made of pullulan, which is produced from starch by the fungus, Aureobasidium pullulans. It is a natural polysaccharide of non-animal origin. So they’re vegan and animal free.

Pullulan is not produced by chemical modification, and is therefore 100% natural, unlike hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), a product that is a non-ionic cellulose ether made through a series of chemical processes, with the natural polymer cellulose as the raw material. The reason this is important (and useful) is because these fermented vegetable capsules are 1) largely natural and therefore safer than many other capsules and 2) actually protect what’s inside them from oxidization, which keeps the pine pollen potency from degrading.

Here’s a bit more about Pullulan:

• not produced by chemical modification, 100% natural
• manufactured by natural fermentation of plant extracts
  
• neither genetically modified nor pathogenic
  
• well known in the pharmaceutical and food industry
  
• non-allergenic
  
• starch- and gluten-free

So if you don’t wish to taste the pollen, these capsules are a safe, easy, and effective way to get it in your body!

Additional information

References

1. Pine Pollen: Ancient Medicine for a New Millennium
   Buhner, Stephen
2. The natural testosterone plan: for sexual health and energy
   Stephen Buhner – Healing Arts Press – 2007
3. The 4-hour chef: the simple path to cooking like a pro, learning anything, and living the good life
   Timothy Ferriss – New Harvest – 2012
4. Effect of pine pollen on kidney mitochondria DNA deletion mutation in senile mice
   Yu Lu – China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica CJCMM – 2012
5. Antioxidant and antiinflammatory activity of pine pollen extract in vitro
   Kyung-Hee Lee – Ae-Jung Kim – Eun-Mi Choi – Phytother. Res. Phytotherapy Research – 2009
6. Effect of pine pollen extract on experimental chronic arthritis
   Kyung-Hee Lee – Eun-Mi Choi – Phytother. Res. Phytotherapy Research – 2009
7. Antinociceptive and antiinflammatory activities of pine (Pinus densiflora) pollen extract
   Eun-Mi Choi – Phytother. Res. Phytotherapy Research – 2007
8. A study on the nutritive value of pollen from the Chinese Masson Pine (Pinus massoniana) and its effect on fecal characteristics in rats
   L. Zhao – W. Windisch – M. Kirchgeßner – Z Ernährungswiss Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft – 1996
9. Vitamin D and its metabolites in the pollen of pine. (n.d.). Steroid Hormones in the Pollen of Pine Species, part 5
10. Testosterone, epitestosterone and androstenedione in the pollen of scotch pine
    P. silvestris L. M. Šaden-Krehula – M. Tajić – D. Kolbah – Experientia – 1971

Lab Results

1. Identification thru HPTLC Testing
2. Complete Mineral and Heavy Metals Report
3. Microbiology Report
4. Current Batch of Pine Pollen COA

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