Royal jelly great for testosterone or Royal waste of money?

 I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve seen some claims about people saying that Royal Jelly is very good at increasing testosterone. Like just 1g can increase testosterone by 22%.

Can that be true? I’m going to go through the research and show you what’s actually happening here. So let’s dive in.

What is royal jelly?

Royal jelly is a honey bee secretion that is used in the nutrition of the larvae and adult queens.

It is secreted from the glands of the hypopharynx of the nurse bees and is fed to all larvae in the colony, regardless of sex, or castae. It’s kind of like a special kind of paste that’s highly nutritious and used for growth and fertility.

Benefits of Royal Jelly

Royal Jelly has been shown to have (R, R):

• anti-tumor
• antioxidant
• anti-inflammatory
• anti-bacterial
• anti-allergic
• anti-aging
• anti-hypertensive
• antidepressant and
• anti-anxiety benefits.

So it seems to be very anti a bunch of stuff. But I’ve heard from quite a few people that using royal jelly has cured their lifetime allergies.

There are quite a few benefits to using royal jelly, but in terms of testosterone, let’s see.

Does Royal Jelly increase testosterone?

Royal Jelly on testosterone in hamsters

Royal jelly has been shown to increase testosterone in hamsters (R).

At least you can see in the graph below, that intratesticular testosterone increases with Royal Jelly consumption. The hamsters were fed 50 and 500 micrograms per gram (mcg/g) of Royal Jelly.

And it increased their distortion. There doesn’t really seem to be a massive dose-dependent increase in testosterone, but nonetheless, it can increase testosterone…in hamsters.

Royal Jelly increases testosterone in rabbits

In this study, they heat-stressed rabbits, which lowered their testosterone and fertility (R). Then they fed the animals 200, 400 and 800mg/kg of Royal Jelly once per week. The 400mg/kg dose seemed to be the most effective at increasing testosterone, whereas the 200 and 800mg/kg doses were more or less equally effective.

So we know that Royal Jelly can increase (or restore) testosterone in heat stressed rabbit, but we don’t know if it will do the same in normal rabbits.

Royal Jelly increases testosterone in humans

Study 1

In this study, they used 1000mg for 15 days, which increased testosterone from 453 to 510 nanograms per deciliter, which is only about 56 nanograms per deciliter increase (R). It might seem like a big increase on the graph, but it’s only 56 nanograms per deciliter, which is quite small.

Study 2

In the second study, they used 3 grams of Royal Jelly for six months and it accelerated the conversion of DHEA sulfate to testosterone (R). And then testosterone increased by, what I think is 6 ng/dl. I am not a statistics buff so if you know, then please hit me up in the comments.

So please check my facts, but this does not seem like a big increase in testosterone.

Summary

So with that being said. 1g of Royal Jelly increased testosterone by 56ng/dl and it appears that 3g for 6 months wasn’t any better than 1g.

Also, in these human studies, Royal Jelly didn’t improve:

• Lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
• Insulin resistance or HbA1c (R)
• Atherosclerotic and bone metabolic variables

However, it was effective at improving vascular function (R).

So it could be a good source of antioxidants and slightly improve overall health.

In summary, the chances of getting a big boost in testosterone from royal jelly are very small. If you’ve ever used royal jelly and measured your testosterone, please let me know in the comments. I’d love to hear from you guys and I will check you in the next one. Cheers guys.

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