How to Powder Bee Pollen Granules
Bee pollen is touted to have benefits from stabilizing weight, lowering cholesterol and triglycerides, curing allergies and increasing energy and stamina to being a complete source of nutrition. Raw bee pollen contains live enzymes that are killed when introduced to heat or other processing, and these enzymes are the source of many of its benefits. Buying bee pollen granules in their purest form is the best way to benefit from it; but to reap those benefits, you must soak the granules to make them fully digestible or grind them into a fine powder. This ensures their goodness does not pass through your system without stopping to help out.
Instructions
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Machine Grinding
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Clean and thoroughly dry your coffee grinder or food processor.
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Place a small handful of bee pollen granules into a coffee grinder or food processor equipped with a chopping blade.
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Process the granules until they are the desired consistency. Even a rough chop to break open the outer shells of the granules makes them up to 90 percent more likely to be absorbed by the body, according to Nuts Online.
Grinding by Hand
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Clean and thoroughly dry your mortar and pestle.
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Place a small handful of bee pollen granules into the mortar.
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Cover most of the top of the mortar with your free hand -- with an opening just large enough for the pestle -- to keep granules from jumping out.
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Use the pestle to press the granules into the side of mortar, breaking them open and grinding them down into a powder.
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Tips & Warnings
Be certain whatever you use is clean and completely dry, or your powder will stick to the vessel and be unusable.
References
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- Photo Credit bee with pollen image by Horticulture from Fotolia.com
