If The Bees Die, We Will Be Royally ScrewedSayer Ji Royal jelly is an amazing healing compound secreted by bees as both as a form of nourishment for the entire hive and an epigenetic control system used to direct the development of larvae into queen bees. This amazing substance has been extensively researched and demonstrated in the peer-reviewed published research to have over three dozen health benefits. You can access the first-hand citations on our database here: Royal Jelly Health Benefits. An exciting new study was just published in the Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine titled, Effects of royal jelly supplementation on glycemic control and oxidative stress factors in type 2 diabetic female: a randomized clinical trial, and explored the healing effects of royal jelly in women with type 2 diabetes. The researchers sought to confirm royal jellys health benefits as both an antioxidant and blood sugar lowering agent, as has been previously reported in preclinical research. The pilot study involved 50 female subjects with type 2 diabetes who were randomly allocated to receive either a 1,000 mg royal jelly soft gel supplement (25 women) or a placebo (25 women), for 8 weeks. They also discovered an insulin-like property to the royal jelly, which they could not determine was due to the stimulation of new insulin production by the beta cells in the pancreases of the test subjects, or the presence of an insulin-like component within the royal jelly itself. This is the not the first study to identify an anti-diabetic property to royal jelly. In 2008, a study was published in Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin describing the amelioration of insulin resistance in fructose-fed rats, finding that Royal Jelly could be an effective functional food to prevent insulin resistance associated with the development of hypertension.[i] Also, in 2007, a study published in the Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan found that royal jelly significantly decreased systolic blood pressure and serum levels of insulin in insulin resistant rats.[ii] The evidence now from both human and animal studies indicates that royal jelly may provide a natural alternative for ameliorating type 2 diabetes. There will never be enough royal jelly, however, to provide sufficient remedy to the hundreds of millions who are suffering from type 2 diabetes as a result of a biologically inappropriate diet and incessant chemical exposures, as it is a precious commodity produced by a species of insect that is collapsing under the weight of post-industrial civilizations toxic fallout. Royal jelly, while amazing, is only the tip of the honey-coated iceberg. We have dedicated a good amount of time on our database to indexing all the virtues of bee products. To peruse the vast amount of literature on the subject of the health benefits of bee products, take a look at our section:The Health Benefits of Bee Products Notes: [i] Yoshito Zamami, Shingo Takatori, Mitsuhiro Goda, Toshihiro Koyama, Yukiko Iwatani, Xin Jin, Shima Takai-Doi, Hiromu Kawasaki. Royal jelly ameliorates insulin resistance in fructose-drinking rats.Biol Pharm Bull. 2008 Nov;31(11):2103-7 PMID: 18981581 [ii] Masataka Nomura, Naomi Maruo, Yoshito Zamami, Shingo Takatori, Shima Doi, Hiromu Kawasaki.[Effect of long-term treatment with royal jelly on insulin resistance in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats]. Yakugaku Zasshi. 2007 Nov ;127(11):1877-82. PMID: 17978564 This article first appeared at GreenMedInfo. Please visit to access their vast database of articles and the latest information in natural health. 