Q&A: Health Food – 2nd Pine Pollen series

1. What is pollen?

Pollen is the sperm cell of flower-bearing plant which contains the genetic information of plants and rich nutrients. According to different ways of pollination, pollen can be classified as insect pollinated (pollinated by insect) and wind pollinated. About 90% of the pollen exploited by people is those from insect pollination and angiosperm pollen.

Pine pollen is a kind of wind pollinated pollen gathered from Masson pine (Pinus Massoniana Lamb.) and Chinese pine (Pinus Tabulaeformis Carr.) - two kinds of gymnosperm. First utilized and taken in China, pine pollen was initially called "Pine Yellow" in the past. Listed in Chinese Pharmacopoeia, pine pollen has been regarded as a treasure of food therapy since ancient times and is the traditional medicinal material in the treasury of Chinese medicine.

2．What are the main features of Guozhen Pine Pollen?

(1) Naturalness: the raw materials of Guozhen Pine Pollen are mainly taken from Masson pine pollen and Chinese pine pollen growing in the hilly and mountainous areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang province of China, free from pollution of pesticides and chemical fertilizer.

(2) Viability: Each grain of pine pollen is a small viable life, containing various kinds of nutrients and active substances. Endowed with a certain affinity with the body, it can be easily accepted and assimilated by the body and then transported to each part of the body for utilization.

(3) Nutritious: Since it contains over 200 active nutrients needed by the body, pine pollen can sufficiently replenish and balance nutrients necessary for health.

(4) Safety: Guozhen Pine Pollen is a purely natural health food without animal or insect hormone.

(5) Effectiveness: Most pine pollen users can find out the positive effects to different extents.

3. Who are the target users of Guozhen Pine Pollen?

Guozhen Pine Pollen is a health food as well as a common nutriment. It is suitable for sub-healthy people as well as healthy people to protect their health or prevent diseases. Besides, it is suitable for people with an unbalanced diet.
There are three kinds of health condition: health, sub-health, illness.

It is reported that about 70% of Chinese people suffer from sub-health due to the fast pace of life and great pressure from work. Sub-health will be shown in two ways: one is that the physical examination indexes are normal but people themselves do not feel well; the other is that the physical examination indexes are abnormal while people themselves feel quite well. Sub-healthy people should first adjust their life styles and try to do the followings: having a balanced diet, taking an appropriate amount of exercise, give up smoking and drinking, and keeping a mental balance.

Besides, it is not suitable for sub-healthy people to take medicine, but if they do nothing, diseases can follow up gradually. Therefore, it is advisable for them to choose a suitable health food to regulate the physical functions in addition to adjusting their life styles, and a good effect will be achieved from health food instead of taking medicine. Guozhen Pine Pollen, with its special healthcare function, can postpone aging and improve the quality of life by improving health conditions of the sub-healthy people and preserving the health of healthy people.

4. Does pine pollen contraindicate its use with certain food or drug?

Pine pollen does not contraindicate its use with any food or drug. However, it is recommended to take pine pollen at least half an hour before or after taking a drug, so that the nourishing ingredients in pine pollen can be fully absorbed and its healthcare function can be best released.

5. What is the net weight of each Guozhen Pine Pollen tablet? What are its ingredients?

The net weight of each tablet is 0.5g, which is the weight of the whole tablet, but not the weight of the content of pine pollen. Its major ingredient is pine pollen, with a slight amount of excipient and a little cane sugar required by the production process.

6. What nutritious ingredients are contained in Guozhen Pine Pollen?

In early 1990s, Professor Zhao Lin from the General Hospital of PLA of China, together with the experts from Physiological Nutrient Research Institute of Munich University, did research on the nutritious components as well as the functions of Guozhen Pine Pollen.

According to the research, the nutritious components are categorized into five groups:

(1) 20 kinds of amino acid, 8 of which are essential to the body.

(2) 14 kinds of vitamins.

(3) 30 kinds of mineral elements.

(4) About a hundred kinds of enzymes and active substances.

(5) Nucleic acids, fibrins, unsaturated fatty acids, flavonoids, choline, etc.


For those interested parties, read more from http://www.pinepollen.hk/pp_intro.htm

(Post date: 2007/03/22)