Pine Pollen might be the superfood of superfoods. The list of over 200 nutrients is overwhelming, but here's the upshot: protein, carbs, fats, a dozen vitamins, another dozen minerals, enzymes, polysaccharides, nucleic acids (DNA/RNA building blocks) and – to the point of this article – steroids.

The human mind prefers simplicity not because reality is simple, but because cognition is expensive. Simplicity is how the brain conserves energy.