> Very thorough study of a number of pollen substitutes and supplements...
> https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-022-03151-5

Several unanswered questions arise:

1)  How was the "homebrew" pollen supplement made with a fine enough "grind" to be comparable to the professionally-ground/mixed products?  Did Gordy Wardell loan someone his "blender"?

2)  How much of these pollen supplements were actually consumed vs taken out with the trash?  

While it should be obvious, it bears noting that the impact of including some real pollen seems to overwhelm the other factors, (see "Global" and "Homebrew").
What would the results be if the commercial mixes not containing any pollen were used as (and admitted to be) pollen SUPPLEMENTS rather than substitutes?  And when did we start falling into the trap of thinking that these were actual "substitutes"?  These results seem to clearly indicate the extent of the error.

No one would serve "Hamburger Helper" without the hamburger, would they?  

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