Description
Maca has been used in Peru to support health for thousands of years. We certify that our organically grown maca comes only from the lepidium peruvianum species, which has been verified as effective in numerous scientific studies. Maca works in harmony with the body, regardless of age or sex.
Nutrients contained in Maca:
- Vitamins: B1, B2, B3, B6, C, E
- Iron, calcium, zinc, manganese, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, copper
- Essential amino acids
- Omega 3, 6 and 9
- Phytosterols, alkaloids, isocyanates, glucosinolates, flavonoids, saponins, macaids, alkalides
General benefits of Maca may include:
- Increased learning capacity and memory.
- Reduced effects of stress and fatigue
- Antidepressant effects
- Improved physical endurance.
- Antioxidant that stimulates the immune system
- Libido increases in men and women.
- Antiaging benefits for the skin and hair
Maca may help treat bodily disorders by:
- Strengthening bones and muscles preventing osteoporosis
- Cholesterol regulation
- Stimulation of the thyroid to combat hypothyroidism
- Increased pancreatic activity for aid in diabetes
- Stimulating the formation and maturation of red blood cells
- Preventing fractures, rickets and osteomalacia
Maca for Women
Maca acts at the level of the pituitary-pituitary axis, regulating and balancing hormones. Proported properties include:
- Increased fertility.
- Reduced premenstrual symptoms and menstrual pain.
- Reduced the menopause symptoms
- Prevents osteoporosis and anemias.
- Improved libido
- Strengthened endometrium, avoiding embryonic losses
- Lower mortality in childbirth
Maca for Men
Maca may improve fertility by increasing the number and mobility of sperm, seminal volume and the amount of sperm by ejaculation. Black maca seems to have the greatest effect, and also appears not to alter the balance of the other hormones in the hypothalamus-pituitary axis. It may also help improve libido.
