Royal Jelly

[Gibbee]

Does anyone know anything about Royal Jelly? It seems they are advertising this again heavily as a supplement. Anyone ever use it?

 

[kathryn]

Never used it, but there is a short sci-fi story about a woman feeding it to her baby, and the baby turns into a hairy little bee creature!

Here's what Dr. Andrew Weil has to say about it:
"Royal jelly is a concentrated protein and mineral source. I also know of no need for it in human nutrition."

Not much help, hunh?

 

[mogambo]

My feeling is that it is natural, nutritious and tastes good, but it's extremely expensive and over-hyped. You can get plenty of protein, minerals and vitamins cheaply and naturally somewhere else. I'm confident there is nothing magical in it unless you are a bee.