This material is also used as a food supplement because it contains the richest natural source of carbohydrates, basic fibers, proteins, and lipids in amounts ranging from 13 to 55%, 0.3 to 20%, 10 to 40%, 1 to 10%, respectively. The minerals and trace elements, vitamins and carotenoids, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, sterols, and terpenes are other minor components. Flavonoids and phenolic acids have been suggested to be responsible for the biological activities of these compounds . Indeed, some nutritionists claim that only consuming bee pollen will allow human beings to live properly .