What is Maca?

by Larry Burton, WholeHealthPub

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What is all this talk about this Peruvian plant?
Why is a strange looking plant that looks like a tiny brown turnip causing such a buzz? Perhaps because it brings the body alive in so many ways. Maca has been used medicinally in Peru for centuries . . .

What is Maca?

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The popularity of maca world wide is growing at an enormous rate. Outstanding benefits of increased energy, enhanced stamina, mental clarity, increased athletic endurance, hormonal balancing, male and female impotence difficulties, erectile dysfunction assistance, menopause, peri-menopause and menstrual symptoms and essential aphrodisiac capabilities. Women with menstrual irregularities have experienced greater consistency, while women with hot flashes, mood swings and most associated peri-menopause and menopause symptoms have diminished dramatically.

Men have had substantial improvement with impotence, fatigue, erection stamina and an over all improved general life out look. Maca is also used as an immunostimulant, for anemia, tuberculosis, stomach cancer, and to enhance memory. The benefits of maca are not limited to older adults. The herb supports hormonal functioning in younger adults as well, and athletes have been reporting increased energy and stamina in their workout's. Teenagers have also benefited from it's effects on hormone-balancing and acne. Athletes have a much greater endurance when using maca.

Benefits for Men:

• Energy
• Stamina
• Athletic Performance
• Impotence
• Fertility Enhancement
• Aphrodisiac Qualities
• Male Menopause
• Erectile Dysfunction
• Hormone Balancing
• Increased Testosterone Levels
• Teenage Acne

Benefits for Women:

• Menopause Symptoms
• Hot Flashes
• Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
• Hormone Balancing
• Fertility Enhancement
• Sexual Stimulation
• Perimenopause
• Fatigue
• Stamina & Athletic Performance
• PMS Associated Problems
• Enhanced Libido

From the Peruvian Highlands

Maca is a hearty root vegetable plant which grows in the high Andean plateaus of Peru at altitudes as high as 14,500 feet above sea level. Little is known about the origins of maca (Lepidium Peruvianum Chacon), the plant is believed to have been cultivated in the Junin Plateau region of the Central Highlands in an area called Cerro de Pasco as far back as 2,000 years ago. The Inca's of Peru were sophisticated builders and cultivators of the land and may have been responsible for the cultivation of maca which have been found in archaeological sites. Many legends exist about the nourishing powers of maca, such as it's ability to promote sexual desire and increased energy.

Legend has it that Inca warriors would consume maca before entering into battle. This would make them extremely strong. But after conquering a city, the Incan soldiers were forbidden from using maca to protect the conquered women from the warrior's powerful sexual impulses! From as far back as 500 years ago, maca's reputation for enhancing strength, libido and fertility was already well established in Peru.

Maca as an Aphrodisiac

Maca has a reputation for being an aphrodisiac it is clinically proven in scientific trials to spice up sex lives. Known as a natural Viagra, as opposed to Viagra which is chemically based. Maca improves sexual desire and performance up to 200 percent, according to a study done in Lima, Peru. It works well for sexual dysfunctions in men and women.

Men taking maca have noticed more frequent erections, stronger erections which lasted longer and more sexual desire. Maca will work better for men if they have enough zinc. If they don't the man's body will tend to convert the progesterone it makes into estrogen.

The alkaloids of maca affect the pituitary and hypothalamus, and it acts on adrenals, pancreas and thyroid, encouraging your body to produce and balance hormones. Along these lines, anecdotal information is available suggesting that maca alleviates perimenopausal and post menopausal symptoms, male impotence erectile dysfunction, and female and male sterility, and known to help heal bone fractures, osteoporosis, premature aging, and chronic fatigue.

Why MACA LIVETM is the Best Brand on the Market

Much confusion exists about maca today with several species of maca being sold. The only species backed by scientific studies is Lepidium peruvianum Chacon. Named after the researcher, Dr. Gloria Chacon de Popovici, this maca is known to contain all the nutrients and alkaloids responsible for the medicinal and beneficial effects maca is known for. Only Lepidium peruvianum Chacon has scientific studies behind it.

The cultivation of maca is increasing in the highlands of the Andes to meet the growing demand world wide for medicinal uses. In this severely economically depressed region, the market created for maca will offer new and important sources of income for the Indigenous Peoples of the Andes. A new cultivar of maca has been identified in the major growing regions of the highlands which will supply much of this new demand and it has been named Lepidium peruvianum Chacon.

Other species called maca are wild or do not grow in this specific region of Peru and do not meet the medicinal and nutritional standards of Lepidium peruvianum Chacón. Many brands of maca are rated standardized and are made in a laboratory as opposed to grown in rich mineral soils that contain the healing qualities and alkaloids. Using only organic premium grade maca root, Maca Livetm is considered the best all natural product available anywhere.

Standardized maca is totally different than natural pure maca root. For example would you prefer fresh squeezed orange juice or concentrate or a Tang® type product? Maca Livetm is 100% organic and cold pressed. (Cold press means low to no heat used in processing which keeps the nutrients (enzymes) alive. Most other maca is toasted or heat processed.

Maca Livetm grows at the higher elevations of 14,000 to 16,000 feet above sealevel, it is organic and cold pressed, which greatly enhances the medicinal qualities. In the last few years the term STANDARDIZED has come into the botanical market place, which is the laboratory version of herbs. We believe that pharmaceutical quality just doesn't agree with our all natural philosophy. We use only the finest and best premium quality organic maca root.

We insure and guarantee the high organic and raw quality of Maca Livetm. It is certified organic by SKAL International, which has headquarters in The Netherlands, and is approved by the European Union and recognized throughout the world. It is also rated USDA Organic.

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