can baby eat royal jelly?

[christeo85]

how old is needed for a baby to consume royal jelly?

[road.not.taken]

Can they? Probably. But should they? Depends on the age I think. Not sure about royal jelly, but 'no honey for infants under 2' was the rule when mine were young. Please ask your doctor.

[pakjohn]

We raised bee's, lots of them, on our family farm and processed the honey each season. I remember my dad would tell people not to give the kids royal honey till they're over two years old. It's one of those things I never questioned, just accepted it. I followed that same rule with my kids.

I'm a huge fan of raw honey and bee products including bee pollen!

[hermione]

The current advice in the UK (see NHS web site) is no honey for a child under one due to the higher risk of botulisum which has a paralising effect (it's what Botox is derived from) I imagine that royal jelly carries the same risks. If you do give your child bee products get good quaility mass produced stuff from a western country as a sterile jarring process is very important in reducing risk, but personaly I just wouldn't chance it.